We're back, footsore, but happy

[tvordlj]

How was the trip to Paris? I have four blisters and very sore feet so yeah, a smashing success!!! :)) The strikes in Paris weren't toooo bad, there were still busses and metro trains running, some on quite reduced schedules but mostly they didn't get in our way and we walked a lot. A. Lot. It was cloudy and spitty rainy the first two days but Wednesday was lovely. still cool but at least sunny. we didn't do all the things i had thought about but looking back, what i had had in my mind would have been *very* ambitious even with a fully functional transport system. If the transport or general strike put up a roadblock we just did something else.

more details will be forth coming and i have to offload my pics onto graham's computer this weekend. Highlights were Notre dame, Montmartre, the Dali exhibition, the Louvre (sort of, i was completely knackered and walking on burning feet so we only saw a few things but it was still neat to be there) and the nighttime boat ride on the seine was pretty great too. oh and seeing the Eiffel tower all lit up and throwing off sparklies for 10 minutes every hour too was pretty impressive. we also dropped into the british museum for an hour of so before meeting up with London locals last night. (oh, and the eurostar in semi-first class was FAB and even the Virgin train from London today was nice).

Thanks to everyone that came out last night, excellent night and so great to see you all! stevek, silverfiligree, sparklielizard, zoo_music_girl, childeric, naturalbornkaos, sarahofthedead, ladymoonray, swisstone, kekhmet, Glenda and Barry (WANOLJ), and apologies to those I didn't get a chance to talk much to.

Back to Manchester today. the sun is shining (as it wasx in London yesterday and i have to say, in all my visits, i don't think i've ever seen it so blue in either city while i'd been before) and it's cold but it is almost december after all. Weekend will be somewhat low key while my feet recover. Dinner out with the Manchester area mob tomorrow night and dinner with G's dad on Sunday night. Then we're going to do a couple of day trips next week and i want to fit a shopping day in. We've got a nifty little hire car to zip around in and ooooh we bought each other new mobile phones for Christmas so we've got new toys to play with!

Comments

[tammihayne.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you enjoyed your time in Paris. Birthday wishes to Graham. :)
Take care of those tootsies! (Milk the foot rubs for all they're worth) ;)
Oh yes, and just how exactly do you know what you got for Christmas...it is a bit early to be peeking!

[tvor.livejournal.com]

footrubs... hmmmm might manage that one! lol We already knew we both needed new phones so decided to do that and bought them while we were here together.

[oceannadelamer.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a marvelous trip!! :) Glad you are having fun!!

If you so happen to trip over a Culpeper's store I meant to ask you to see if you could pick me up a bottle of Sandalwood Essential oil (100%)... I can send you my credit card number.. or pay you when you get back. :) A friend gave me a bottle of their sandalwood a few years ago, and it is wonderful! I bought a different one a month ago, and don't like it. :) But if you don't fall into one of the stores, that's quite okay. (Its not cheap - on their website its 18.00 (5 ml) or 32.50 (10 ml).

:) Take care of your feet (actually Culpeper's has a Foot Recovery Cream that looks wonderful only one ingredient in theirs that I wouldn't put in mine, nice quality!! You might need that by the time you are finished shopping/traveling!)

[tvor.livejournal.com]

If i see the store i'll try to remember, yes.

[sammantha.livejournal.com]

ooo how romantic, seeing the eiffel tower at night and on the boat on the seine!
don't forget the shrimp cocktail chips for my friend IF you can get them.

[tvor.livejournal.com]

I have some but not the brand she wanted. If i see them i will get some but maybe these will be ok.

[tvor.livejournal.com]

Just checked the website, and we won't be handy any of their shops now. But i am probably coming back for a week to London in March with Mom so remind me then.

[oceannadelamer.livejournal.com]

Awesome! It's all good. I just thought on an off chance. I probably can order it at sometime - I will have to check and see. Do have loads of fun! Looking forward to seeing the pics!

[lola-is-naughty.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear Paris was a success!

[tvor.livejournal.com]

It was! It was hectic because we wanted to see a lot rather than slow down and soak it all in, or do more shopping (but duty free always works!)

[trixiedelarue.livejournal.com]

sounds like Paris was FAB

I've never been I must go one day, how long were you there for and was it long enough to see what you wanted to see

was the eurostar expensive? I heard it was and it was much cheaper to fly there

[tvor.livejournal.com]

Not bad, it was $169 US per person bought well in advance so i thought that was pretty good for the first class but one.

[trixiedelarue.livejournal.com]

thats not bad, so the secret is to book in advance, then again its so far down to london its easier to fly from manchester or liverpool

[tvor.livejournal.com]

Well yes for you it would be. I can't remember how much it cost us to fly one way to paris from manchester now but it wasn't that much of a difference, each was a one way fare.

[sammantha.livejournal.com]

oh yeah, forgot to ask. How is your back?

[tvor.livejournal.com]

Back's not too bad. feet hurt. a slow weekend will fix them up though