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After a little sleep in, we finally made it out to Sacre Coeur to have a look around, which Mum had been raving about all trip and waiting for her chance to go back to it. We had had the same idea as a lot of people, although we decided to forego the funicular (cable car thingee) and climb all the steps up to the church instead, so that wasnt quite so crowded. It was a grey and misty day, so we didnt have much of a view over the city, but the view inside more than made up for it. [View Full Entry]

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Finally the time had come to brave the Louvre. We headed out reasonably early to get there to start queueing, but we still dismayed at the crowds that were already queueing there to get in. But just as we got to the end of the line to take our places, we were directed off by staff to another side entrance, and ended up only having to wait for 45 minutes to get in, which, if any of you have already been there you would know, is a very reasonable amount of time for the Louvre. Once inside we wandered through all [View Full Entry]

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On the last day of our 21 day train ticket, we headed off to do some serious shopping in Troyes. We hopped on the train for the hour or so ride over to Troyes, and arrived to some rainy weather. We started off having a look at some churches, which were beautiful (one in particular which was built around 1100 and took our breath away), but unfortunately we had arrived at lunchtime and didnt get to have a look at a lot of them. And after a little while the rain turned to hail, and the streets became incredibly slippery and [View Full Entry]

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Today we headed off to parc Asterix for the day. We weren't sure if we were going to be able to get to the park as it usually closes in October for the winter, but for the last couple of years they have just opened for two weeks over the Christmas/New Year period, so we got to go along (with a bunch of karaoke-singing teenyboppers on the bus, thats a whole different story). However a lot of the rides were closed because of the ice on the tracks, and it was cold. However, this didnt dampen our enthusiasm and we still [View Full Entry]

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After mum let us lie in and we had sorted ourselves out (Tesni was comfortable on the couch, and didnt snore too much thank goodness) we headed off to take in the sights at the Musee d'Orsay. We stopped a Metro stop away and walked through the park next to the Louvre so we could have a quick look around as we walked, and then waited in line for about 45 minutes or so to get in. The musee used to be a train station and has the most amazing clock in the side that is seen both on the outside [View Full Entry]

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