Well for me Paris was cold and spectacular and certainly there was alot of romance and dreaming with Phillip. We saw alot! I am a bit of a crazy siteseeing maniac. I just have to see it all. I think we probably saw about a weeks worth of Paris in 3 days and we were totally exhausted in a good way by the time we reached the Eurostar train on the last day.
The
hotel we stayed at was recommended by
Matt taylor and was a cute little themed hotel nestled in Rue Nesle in the Latin Quarter. At the desk sat a charismatic old lady with heavily mascara eyes; above her hung about 100 bouquets of fragrant dried flowers covering the ceiling. What a dreamy introduction to the city. It was a great place to stay as it was so close to alot of restaurants and only about a 4 minute walk to the Notre Dame cathedral.
We took a bus trip around the city the second day. We sat under the eiffel tower and gazed up while eating chips and drinking coffee. We kept seeing posters of '
Happy Feet' everywhere including about 20 different metro stops, nearly all of them from the Odean to Porte Cligancourt.
The
Louvre and the
MuseeD'Orsay were a must for both of us as we both love these kind of grand galleries. Of course we saw the "mona lisa" and some amazingly huge french 19th century paintings that totally blew us away. We tried to see the L'Orangerie and Monet's largest Waterlillies but sadly it was closed so next time we will definately do this and also a bunch of other galleries I wanted to see.
After seeing the
Sacre coeur and Montmarte we walked to a cemetary nearby to try and find Degas tomb (and
Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir). It was getting dark and a little scary when from out of the darkness came a guard with a whistle yelling at us in french to leave. Great atmosphere I have to admit and some very ornate tombs like I've never seen before.
Just before you get to the Moulin Rouge as you walk down the hill towards the city there is an
erotic museum which I recommend to everyone. 5 floors full of everything from erotic illustrated cards to paintings to deity's to dildos. Some interesting and highly imaginative stuff that we both enjoyed and had a giggle at.
We spent Sunday at the biggest Flea and antique market which is near the Porte Clicancourt stop on the metro. It was huge and crazy and we bought 2 vintage prints that was well worth the trip. It seemed expensive at first but the shop owners seemed willing to negotiate.
On the final night while having dinner the lights went out on a large part of the city so it was romantic candle light, how appropriate!
More photos coming soon!!!!
FRANK SINATRA
I love paris in the spring time
I love paris in the fall
I love paris in the summer when it sizzles
I love paris
in the winter when it drizzles
I love paris every
moment
Every moment of the year
I love paris, why oh
why do I love paris
Because my love is here
