31st of July, Day 15:

I woke up around 10:45, by 12:00 we had to be out of the room and ready to leave paris! At 12:00pm we all walked out of the hotel we were staying in and made our way to the Eurostar train station. we boarded the eurostar at 2:00 and arrived in London at 3:30. A taxi driver picked us up and took us to chiswick. When we arrived we met up with Han zhi and Uncle En hao as we settled in.

30 July - Day 14

I was so tired that I could not wake up to join Dad, Alissa and Ren in their trip to Le Louvre. Instead, I followed Mum and Aunty Kim on a shopping trip to Les Galeries La Fayette. I had my eyelashes lengthened so that I looked like a puppy. We returned to the hote with all our bags loaded with gifts for family and friends. Dad, Alissa and Ren returned at about 6pm completely exhausted. They had walked from Le Louvre to Place des Vosges, a beautiful square past the Ile de la Cite on the Rive Droite (right bank. We took the metro to St Germain for supper. St Germain is the Latin quarter on the Rive Gauche (left bank) and had a different atmosphere from the Rive Droite, which is more posh. I had cheese fondue but couldn't finish it. Outside our restaurant, a clown was imitating people walking by. He was very funny, epsecially when one woman thought he was her husband. She jumped three feet in the air when she turned to see him! We had another crepe - my third in one day - and went back to the hotel.

29th of July, day 13:

I had trouble waking up because of the fun time I had yesterday, but eventually we all headed off to Montmartre, the highest point in Paris. It was only 10 mins from our hotel. Mum and I were to lazy to walk the last 200m so we took the cable car called the funiculaire. Before we got on, an African man gave me a bracelet saying ' HAKUNA MATATA' which means Don't worry, be happy. Montmartre was beautiful-and crowded. We had lunch in a bistro run by someone who looked just like Zinedine Zidane!

The weather became more sunny, so we took the metro to Arcde Triomphe. it was a long climb to the top but it was worth it. We saw some arab breakdancer's who were really good. We then went to Pont de L'Alma and boarded a passenger boat called Bateaux Mouches for a trip along the River Seine. The weather was perfect. We saw Le Louvre, Notre Dame cathedral, La Musee D'Orsay, L'Ile de la Cite, les Invalides and the Eiffel Tower.
We had dinner in a smart restaurant close to the river, then walked along the Champs Elysees and the Tuileries. We saw people being fired into the sky by a reverse bungee jump machine. Boy, did they scream! I nearly fell asleep on the way home

28th of July, day 12:

Mum and Aunty Kim headed off to catch a bus in central Paris while I waited with Alissa and Ren for Dad to come back from dropping them off. We all went for brunch at a bar-tabac up the road. I had a beefsteak that was so tough it was like leather and I also had a lemonade drink called “Pschitt”!. Then it started raining! We dashed back to the hotel where we watched a group of people march by playing drums and shouting but none of us knew what they were shouting about!
Soon the rain stopped. We caught the Metro to Place de la Concorde and we then walked up the Tuileries. There is a staight line which runs through Paris from Le Louvre to Arc de Triomphe and part of that line is the Tuileries, gardens where you can walk and play around. We walked up to the Orangerie and saw Monet's painting of the Lily Pond – it's so big, it was shown in two huge rooms. The colours were really good and though the painting was nothing like a photograph, the impresssion it gave was very strong. To think that it was done over a hundered years ago is amazing.
We then had huge ice cream in the Tuileries. I chose a cone with dark chocolate and ginger bread flavours on it. I don't know how but I finished it! Then we went to the fun-fair where Alissa and I went up on this swing which rose way above the park. I screamed a bit but it was awesome! so was the bumper car ride I had with Ren afterwards. Mum and Aunty Kim joined us and we walked down Rue St Honore to Place Vendome. We saw the Ritz hotel where the Princess of Wales stayed just before she died in 1997. We then ate some scrummy pancakes called crepes and caught the tube back to our hotel.

27th of July, day 11:

We had to wake u early because we were leaving the apartment by 11a.m. to go to Paris on the Eurostar. We were showered and packed by 10.30, just in time for a bit of last-minute shopping! We caught a taxi to St Pancras International railway station where we met up again with Kim and Ren. We had a bit of a scrum getting all our luggage on board the train. One man from Hong Kong had a panic attack and started screaming and shouting, so he had to get off the train becauser it was so crowded! Eventually, the train left the stationand headed quickly and smoothly to the English Channel. It was so fast, my ears hurt when we wnt through a tunnel. I fell aslepp and was only woken up three hours later when when we had arrived at paris Gare du Nord station. Our hotel was right by the station in an are full of Africans wearing their traditional costumes – so colourful!. It was't smart but it was comfortable. We decided ti take a walk and ended up M=miles down the road in an area called La Fayette. By then we were starving, so we found a nice restaurant. Dad ate snails (yuck!) while I had boef bresaola which was also yuk! I ate Mum's roast beef instead. The walk back home was very tiring and it started to drizzle. In the hotel, I got onto Facebook then fell asleep.

26th of July, day 10:

5 of us set of at 9am on a tou of London to look at places where Harry Potter was filmed. It was great fun – we tried to run thrugh the wass at king's Cross but failed - we hit our heads instead! We finished up at Covent Garden. It was full of performing artists breathing fire, pretending to be statues, juggling chainsaws and breakdancing. We had a nice lunch then headed off to Waterloo theatre to watch The Railway Children. It was a great show and the set was well laid-out. The play had a happy ending as the children's father returned home and the Russian writer found his wife and child. I nearly fell asleep in the taxi home. As soon as I got to the apartment, I checked my emails and went to bed.

25th of July, Day 9:

Mum woke us up early because we were meeting up with my friend Ailsa and her mum Ilona. Dad bought me a chocolate crossant for breakfast. I prefer the ones in malaysia! Before meeting Ailsa, my sister Alissa met up with her friends Emily & Melissa. They dissapeared into Hyde park while we joined Ailsa and her mum for coffee in Starbucks it was 10am. It was such a nice day that we also went into Kenssington gardens. we bumped into friends from Malaysia at the carousel, then went to takr pictures of the swans in the pond. As we entered the gardens of Kenssington Palace, we were asked to write a secret wish on a piece of paper and put it in a capsule which was hung in a gazibo. I cant tell you what my secret wish was! We then crossed the park and arrived at Kenssington highstreet where we shopped at H&M and M&S. We were hungry, so we bought some food and had a picnic at Holland Park. Ailsa and I went to a great play area! where a little boy called Jason said he wanted to punch me and Ailsa in the face.. but he was ok. We then met a 4 year old girl called Elena. We became good friends as we played. She actually asked us to come to her 5th birthday party. We then hopped in a taxi to Trafalgar Square. On the way, we passed Harrods , Buckingham palce (the queen was in!) and the mall. Did you know Trafalgar Square backwards is Raglafart! :P We walked down White hall and tried to disturb the guardsmen at horse guards parade, past the priminsters house at 10 Downing street and then Big Ben, The houses of Parliament and the London eye came into view. My camera was clicking like chattering teeth! By 5:30pm, it was time for Ailsa and Ilona to catch they're train home. We went back to our apartment and went out to dinner with Uncle James and Lynne as well as Alissa's friends Mel and Em. By 10:30 I went home to fall into deep sleep.