In early March I went to Paris to visit my friend Mary, so I'll tell you about it here!! Hopefully I can remember it all!
So to get to Paris I took the Eurostar (aka, "the chunnel") train that goes under water from England to France. When I got there on Friday, March 7th (Yes, I'm very late on blogging this), Mary and I spent the day walking around the city. We walked from her apartment near Notre Dame to and around Sacre Coeur, which is the most beautiful church ever, atop a high hill that overlooks the entire city. We sat on the stairs outside of the church for at least an hour, just watching the people and street performers with the skyline of Paris as their backdrop. Then for dinner we went to a fondu restaurant that serves wine in baby bottles. Then, back at Mary's we planned to watch Midnight in Paris (how appropriate right?!), but ended up just falling fast asleep right away!
On Saturday we walked a lot again! We went from her apartment, along the Seine River to the Pont de l'Archeveche (aka the "love lock bridge"), which glistens gold with all of the locks attached to it. It has become a custom on for couples to write their initials on locks, stick them onto this bridge (or any other around the world, as this trend seems to be catching on), and throw away the key so that the couple's love will stay fastened like the lock. What these couples may not know is that these locks are routinely cut off because their weight is too much for the bridge to handle, and to make room for new locks. Then we walked by the Louvre and through the Tuileries Gardens, along the Champs-Elysees (one of Paris' main/most beautiful streets) all the way to the Arc de Triomphe. Along the way we stopped at the infamous Laduree for their world-renown macarons. From the Arc we walked along the Seine to the Eiffel Tower, stopping to sit and read along the way at the Palai de Tokyo where people were taking a swing dancing class, and from there we finally called it a day and headed back to her apartment.
Some pics from Paris:
Sacre-Coure
Me in front of the Eiffel Tower
No comments:
Post a Comment