In a case of rather bad planning, my return flight to Sydney wasn't scheduled to fly until 10pm tonight. However, my mum's flight was at midday. So my choice was either to spend the day in London and come out to the airport after my mum, or wait at… more »

Well, I slept until 9am this morning. Breakfast was quite unusual, I think. The French don't seem to eat cereal in the morning, and if we had wanted cereal, it wouldn't not have been inclucded in the "free" breakfast we were supposed to have. It d… more »

I woke up at 5am this morning to catch the train for Paris. My mum and I will be staying in Paris for 1 night and 2 days - my grandmother didn't want to come - she'd been to Paris before, and didn't like the idea of waking up at 5 o'clock in the mor… more »

We went to the Tower of London today. I probably wouldn't recommend it, not for the £14.50 entry fee anyway. You get a short guided tour, which was good, but only lasted about 50 minutes. After that, pretty much all you could do is watch thes… more »

I went on the London Eye today. Mum didn't want to come - she was too scared - so I just went on my own. I don't know why she was scared, it was actually quite boring as far as "rides" go. You're in this giant bubble, essentially, with up to… more »