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Paris! I believe the groups upmost apologies are due to the readers at home after the shocking lack of communication. The truth is that we absolutely had no time at all. Personally i found Paris equal to, if not more intense, than Rome in terms of stuff to see and how tired we all were. Paris itself is a lovely city. Beautiful walk down the Champs Elise and the Arch De Triumph which gave a spectacular view over the entire city and amped the boys up for the next few days. Paris definately had the highlight for the tour for me and many others which is the Louvre. David and Da Vinci were the most popular names in this museum, blowing all of our minds. Personally David's "Sabine Women" painting and "the coronation of Napoleon" were the highlights of the museum - the realism pretty overwhelming. With everyone's moods sinking due to the lack of sleep, Bucko the "ledge" (legend) took a group outing to the buskers at the Notre Dame. Fire shows were the main attraction and the group was awed back into excitement. What we saw was a great display of flying fire balls and fire works darting around his body and between his legs - a very skilled task. You cant begin to imagine how impressive it was until you actually see it. Sadly the roller bladers weren't in full swing as a crucial member of their squad broke his ankle the night before after jumping a 3 meter bar along with the rest of the team, but nevertheless it was a great night. And the next day we were off to London! Here we are now sitting in a youth hostel with VERY limited space but hey, there's free internet and a tv with footy on so we are basically having a ball. The work load is down and the each day finishes with free time at around 5'oclock. Parents, for calls for more money as this free time gives plenty of opportunities for a bit of shopping - the clothes are pretty nice. I already know that a bit of dosh was spent at the Camden Markets today but no names will be released. But to sum it up, London is great. Big Ben, the London Eye, Markets etc etc are great and its nice to be able to say "cheers mate" instead of some broken line of French that results in a strange look.

Pip pip, Cherio

Ben Gregson