It was a very long day getting to Paris. We were up early for the mini bus drive to Casablanca then farewelled Mum and Dad at the airport. They were flying to Madrid, leaving an hour before us. Finally on our plane and arrived in Paris at 11pm and at our houseboat at nearly1am. We had a busy couple of days - but no early starts! We bought Sarah some new pointe shoes (ballet) from a shop just by the Opera house. I was rather nervous as we walked up because all of the other shops on the street were easily recognized and very expensive (Tiffany and Co, Van Clef and Arpels, Burberry etc) and I wasn’t sure whether we were going to find anything we could afford. However, the ballet shop was great. It was
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