Madrid, Spain Wed 16th We didn’t venture out until quite late this morning. Our first stop was the post office where we eventually communicated that we needed to priority post the Paris key back to the USA. After this we separated; Mark and Tom off to do boy things and Belle and I off to … More Our last day in Madrid

Madrid, Spain Tue 15th Tuesday was a public holiday in Madrid in honour of their patron saint, San Isidro. The feast is marked by a full week of celebrations, concerts and fireworks in the streets, theatre, opera and parks. There are also daily bullfights as opposed to the regular weekly fights. Our day started out … More Feast of San Isidro

Madrid, Spain Sun 13th Our arrival into Madrid in the late afternoon of Saturday 12th was not without incident. I had pre-booked a shuttle transfer and, thought I was quite clever having navigated through the Spanish web site in doing so. We discovered on arrival that our booking was indeed in order but, we just … More Our first few days in Madrid

Paris, France We woke early to a chilly morning. A call from Janet Lagudi roused us all and it was lovely to hear a friendly voice. We are all a bit sick of the many rude Parisians considering they would be up a creek, not the Seine, without our tourist dollars. We set off for … More Friday 11th May

Paris, France We all woke after a good night of rest looking forward to another day in Paris. We set off early to the Musee deCluny which is dedicated to art of the modern age. Rather odd as it is housed over one of the most ancient sites in Paris, a bath house, dating back … More Diary from Thursday 10th

Paris, France Good morning all. Things are pretty normal here. Tom is up early playing his Nintendo DS and eating Coco Pops, I am writing this as I look out the French doors into our pretty courtyard and, Mark and Belle are still asleep. It is the morning of Thursday 10th May. Yesterday was a … More Wednesday 9.5.07

Paris, France We woke to grey skies after a good night sleep of about 10 hours. A light rain then started to fall and we watched this as we had a slow morning of reading and writing. We headed out at about 10 to the street markets in the next street parallel to ours, Rue … More Tuesday 8.5.07

Paris, France We arrived in Paris safely and early (7am). The flight with Cathay was a good one and I would recommend them (Mark thought the seats were too small but he was used to business class luxury). The food was just OK but the cabin staff was very courteous and willing to help at … More First Day in Paris

This is our itinerary everyone!  Keep up with us as we go! Itinerary: Europe Paris: 7-11 May – www.vacationinparis.com/apts/id_85.htm Madrid: 12-16 May – www.only-apartments.com/madrid-apartments/458-Madrid-self-catering Marakesh: 17-21 May – www.riadkarmela.com/eng/index2.htm Atlas Mt: 22-23 May – www.kasbahdutoubkal.com Nice: 24-26 May – www.nicepebbles.com Milan: 27-28 May – http://www.bellagioanticopozzo.it Venice: 29-31 May – www.venere.com/cgi/hotel/?htid=231826&ref= Florence: 1-3 Jun – www.only-apartments.com/en-florence-apartments/apartment.html?apart=579&entrada=01/06/2007&salida=04/06/2007&pers=4# Rome: 4-8 Jun – www.shortletsinrome.com/Eng/Rome_apt/Apartment_avignonesi2.htm Sorento: 9-11 Jun … More Our Itinerary