:: paris 03/07 ::

another early start with our 08:00 train to paris. met at the airport by elisabeth and jo, 2 dear team mates from my mc term in paris. whisked off to a park with some alumni that I either vaguely new or didn't and then into the student bar to meet julia whom i haven't seen since our last escapades in switz, for 4 euro cocktails - bloody mary's my new drink of choice - am i finally growing up perhaps? perhaps not when after waiting 4 hours at a bar near the barges along the bibliotheque seb finally arrives to drag us out to queen on the champs elysees.

a gay hedonists dream venue, for us (quite possibly the only straight couple in the house), a chance to listen to some really, really old skool kitch tunes and general happy vibe. a combination of being surrounded by many half naked extremely sweaty gents grinding away to kylie and seb's generosity lead to us sitting in the vip bar where you buy a bottle of bacardi 700ml for around 130 or 180 euros i can't remember exactly - anyways a ridiculous amount of cash for what it is, but at least we could sit and chill. a great night let down only by the fact that it was a bit long in the tooth, searching for a car at 07:00 in the pouring rain and arriving back to elisabeth's at some time after 08:00 monday morning meant that we had been up for over 24 hours on our first day of vacation!

crap weather meant it wasn't such a total waste of the day sleeping in and monday evening after a late lunch near lafayette with a bit of shopping, and a great walk along the seine, we met up at my old apartment in boulogne billancourt for dinner and a suprise birthday cake and gift with lena, elisabeth, jo, flo, laure, julia and seb - a lovely way to say goodbye for now to some awesome friends that only distance will come between - until we next meet.

tuesday we had a late sleep in (was the first and certainly not to be the last); took a boat ride down the seine and then headed to the airport to make our way to glasgow.