So while we were in Paris we accidentally stumbled across some Invader street art. Actually, quite a few. Invader is a Parisian street artist who sticks tiles to the walls in the shape of Space Invader arcade creatures. He recently became more mainstream when he was filmed, along with Banksy , in the movie documentary ‘Exit through the gift shop’ Once we found one, we decided to have a little look around, and we ended up fining heaps! These three [...]

On our last day in Paris, we finally went to the Lourve. The queue was too long on Friday afternoon and we had slept in on the Saturday morning, so Sunday morning was the day to go. There was still a massive queue outside, but the difference was, there weren’t thousands of people inside. It would be a relatively quiet visit. :) The glass pyramid that holds the main entrance to the Lourve is a modern monstrosity compared to the palace buildings [...]

When I last went to Paris with my family, Musee de l’Orangerie was closed for renovations. We were pretty bummed at the time, but found other things to do. So this time, Rob and I thought we’d go and see it and the Monet Water Lilies inside. What I didn’t realise when I got there was that Monet ‘s works were presented in 2 rounded rooms. They were beautiful. In these 2 rounded rooms are four large paintings. These paintings – [...]

We have been in the UK for over a year now. We landed in London 15th June 2010. However, for the whole year we’d been here, we’d only traveled to British destinations for our holidays. Affordable, but a touch hopeless, no? The last weekend of June, we finally left the island – and went to Paris! I just love all the lovers’  padlocks on the bridge above. :) We were in Paris for only a 3day weekend, but made sure [...]