We were leaving for Paris in the afternoon so we had a fairly easy day planned.

We walked to the hotel where the airport bus leaves from to check our times - the bus we had to catch was leaving at 4.30pm.

"It's massive!"------ "Purple marble again!"

Inside------ and looking out through the entrance

We then walked to the Pantheon.

"The hole in the roof and the drainage holes" (three photos)

The only thing about the Pantheon was the fact that it has a hole in the roof so the snow and rain can come in.
It is a bit odd.
There are drainage holes in the floor but I just think it would have been easier to cover it over…never mind!

Brett - looking small!!!

It was massive though.
There is a picture of Brett standing next to a pole at the front and it is massive.

"All of the scooters"

(two photos)-- (two photos)-- (two photos)

(two photos)----------- Some of the crowd

Brett and Tanya------ Tanya------ Brett

"Brett taking a photo for some tourists"

From there we walked to the Trevi Fountain.
That is another place that I could have sat all day.
Rome was stinking hot and the fountain was very cooling to be near.

A Bride and Groom

We took photos and there was another bride having her photos taken with the all the tourists.
I really don’t get it myself.

From there we headed towards the Spanish Steps.

"Check out the carvings on this column" (two photos)

One of the shops they visited - a bought a present for Sharon!!! (three photos)

We went down Via Condotti as recommended by Karen because that is where the designer shops are.
Geez, they were everywhere - Gucci, Prada, Louis Vuitton, Yves St Lauren etc etc etc.
Brett wouldn’t go in any of them with me but I did, he also didn’t want to spend €360 on a green Gucci wallet for me - it was beautiful and I am still having fantasies about it!

Looking up at the Steps (two photos)

Views from the top- (two photos)------

Tanya waving from the top (two photos)--- Brett at the top

The Spanish steps were nothing great.
They didn’t look anything like the pictures of them that I had seen and were basically just steps.
Apparently the “beautiful people” used to hang around on them hoping to be chosen as an artist’s model!
No one asked me to model for them that day!!

During the course of that day my darling brother brought me a lovely red bag - Mum, you will die when you see it and I purchased myself a yellow purse.
Both of them are lovely and I now have my leather from Italy!

We went back to the hostel for a rest before having to take the bus to the airport.
We showered and changed and then headed to the hotel to catch the bus.

We got to the airport and checked in.
When we boarded we managed to get the same seats so Brett again had lots of leg room.

We landed on time and Brett pointed out to be that the arrival building was actually a tent - nice!

We were about an hour and a half out of Paris and had to take a bus and two metro trains to get to the hostel...it was actually really easy but of course Brett had a few words about it!!

The hostel was nice but we were in separate rooms the first night - I don’t think Brett minded as he was chatting to some Norwegian girls in his room!
He has to think there are some advantages to travelling on a budget!!