...stays in Paris. Mostly because we did so much I'm not sure I can remember it all! I'm not sure I even have the words to describe the weekend, I'm still so overwhelmed by it all. This is the first thing I saw when I came out of the Metro into the Paris sun, yes you heard me...SUN!
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| Arc de Triomphe |
Our first day in Paris was a whirlwind. After the Arc de Triomphe, we visited (not in order) the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, Louvre, walked the Champs Elysees, and had a fantastic lunch. It was exhausting and by 8:30pm we headed out of the Louvre and back to our hotels. Interestingly enough Brandy and I had Italian for our first dinner in Paris - all the restaurants by our hotel were Italian! It was some of the best ravioli I have ever had, who knew I'd have to go to Paris to get it?!
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| View from our boat tour |
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| Guess what this is?! |
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| Round One |
Saturday was another crazy day - we spent 16 hours wandering Paris and seeing all that we could! My meals rotated between Nutella and banana crepes or onion soup and french fries. It was 57 hours of healthy eating! Saturday night ended with us waiting over an hour to find out that we could only get to the second level of the Eiffel Tower. However, after waiting in line for that long we took what we could get. I'm a little disappointed that we couldn't get all the way to the top, but I'm choosing to believe my guidebook when it said that the best views of Paris were from the 2nd level of the Tower.
One of the more interesting tours we took was of the Catacombes de Paris. In the 18th century, it was decided that several cemeteries worth of bodies should be relocated to old quarries. The Catacombes hold the bones of almost 6 million dead people! It was definitely creepy, but what an experience!
Sunday was a nice relaxing day. After starting off with more crepes, we headed over to Montmarte to see Sacre-Coure and spend the day wandering the streets. We had a lot of fun wandering in and out of little shops. We eventually worked our way down to the Moulin Rouge. We wanted to see a show there, but in addition to being pricey, we didn't have the appropriate attire - it was "elegant attire" only. Travelling with only a backpack does not allow one to bring clothes that fit that description!
I truly enjoyed Paris, but I am very happy to be home in London! There is only one more blog post to go before I leave this wonderful city. Here are a few more pics from my Paris weekend. Just know that there are 414 from Paris, so these are definitely highlights!
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| Line at Berthillon for ice cream |
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| Eiffel Tower at dusk |
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| Shakespeare & Company Bookstore |
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