I never knew they called Paris that… but now I can definitely see why.
As those of you who have seen my facebook photos (or heard me going on about it) will have noticed, I went to Paris with Euan last week! The only time I’ve been before is with the school when I was about ten and I have no real memories of it except the dodgy people in the park we were told to avoid, being terrified by the Eiffel Tower lifts, and eating some completely disgusting food (I was a picky eater then).
A little luck in finding an awesomely cheap and well-placed apartment right on the gorgeous Ile Saint-Louis (next to Notre Dame), some recommendations from friends, and good company meant for a great (and much needed) trip :) It meant I could catch up with Allie too, after she moved there at the end of last year. Hooray! I also shook off the dust my neglected camera had been gathering (tsk tsk) and have gotten the bug again (click here, for a selection - or see my facebook).
If you ever find yourself in Paris, do (amongst many other things):
• go to the Louvre and lose yourself in the statue galleries (perhaps not as literally as we did, it took a while to find our way back out again).
• take a walk in the Jardin de Tuileries outside the Louvre and down by the Seine (packed and probably better in summer, but still nice).
• go to Stolly's bar off Rue de Rivoli near Saint-Paul.
• give the epic queues at the Eiffel Tower a miss, and head to the Tour Montparnasse for no queues, and an awesome view over the city and of the Eiffel Tower.
• take a night-time cruise on the Seine.
• sack off taking the metro and walk instead, there’s so much beauty in those winding streets.
It was difficult to come back...
