Had a good few days in Paris meeting up with Graham and my parents. It was pretty sunny and warm and we did enough sightseeing and walking around to last us till next year.

The Euro/Sterling exchange rate is so bad. Everything was so expensive. OK, being Paris might have been part of it but it did make your eyes water when a can of coke was 4 euro at times and a large beer 8 euro.

And to the pickpocketeer, who I doubt will be reading this so this is purely for my own gratification, I hope you flashed the cash about a bit too much yourself and got done in by your lowlife scummers.

Someone mentioned about having some wine and food down on the Left bank and I didn't get what he meant. When we were on the river boat we saw loads of people sitting on the concrete river bank, bottle of wine opened, cheeses and bread out, all just enjoying a relaxed picnic. How bloody civilised. Looked fun.

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