I'm fortunate enough to be off globe-trotting again!

I managed to be home for a total of 36 hours before I was on a train heading to Paris- just enough time to deal with some emails, unpack, do the washing and pack again.

This time I headed to Paris which I have visited before and absolutely love. We took the Eurostar from St Pancras and just over 2 hours later we were there.

We had a lazy first day and then on the next headed to La Défense. This is a business area of Paris and full of tall and interesting buildings. I'd read about La Grande Arche (or here) and was intrigued to visit it, but it wasn't until we got there that I realised that to get to the top meant you had to go up in a glass lift that was outside the building! You can see the lift in the central picture- it wasn't until I got in the lift that I once again remembered my terror of heights but managed to get to the top safely. Once up it was worth it for the wonderful views we had over Paris, the computer museum and the great 3d art of Dimitri.

We managed to get down safely- all the more terrifying this time as we had to wait just standing in the lift for around five minutes before we took off- and were amazed to see some people abseiling down the arch- braver than me.