Paris- Day Two
Today was a miserable day in Paris. The sky was forever gloomy and it rained on and off for the whole day. Not to mention the fact it was freezing cold and I had definitely not put enough layers on.
We set off nice and early in order to get a full day to explore Paris. On the way to the train station (a twenty minute walk from the house) we grabbed breakfast. No trip to France is the same without a typical French croissant. However I don't like plain croissants because they're just to boring, but instead I had a favourite of mine: a Pain au Raisin and because I was hungry I also had an apple turnover which had a less simple name that I can never remember, let alone spell!
To start our adventure we headed to Boulevard Haussmann to do a spot of shopping, a necessity when visiting Paris. Bronte took me to all her favourite stores which we ended up spending hours in. We headed to a little shopping centre at Gare Lazare then took the metro to Chatelet where we had a lovely lunch looking over the river Seine. The view was amazing and in the distance you could see the Eiffel Tower. No photo did the view justice. The cafe we ate at was also just above the metro station so every time a train went under us the ground shook and as you can imagine, the first time it happened, it scared the living day lights out of me! The architecture in paris never ceased to amaze me so I couldn't stop looking out the window the whole time.
After lunch we walked over the Seine to the Notre Dame. By this time we were both absolutely freezing and the queue to go inside the Notre Dame was huge, so we had a few photos in front of it then headed to find the closest cafe where we could shelter and get a crepe. Nutella crepes are possibly the tasty thing about Paris, second best are Pain Suisse. Whilst we enjoyed our crepe it poured down with rain and for entertainment we had THE weirdest waiter. He was the type of guy who saw himself as hilarious when really he was just a pain.
We took a brisk walk over to Hotel De Ville and it was at this point we both realised how cold and tired we were. We did a spot more shopping, mainly because all the shops were so cosy and warm and we needed to escape the arctic winds! Because of the awful weather we decided it was best to head home where we could warm up and have dinner with Brontes host family. They had made quiche and a type of pastry that the French only eat during the month of Janaury. The pastry was called Galette de Rois and is puff pastry with a frangipani middle. They hide little china figurines inside the cake and whoever gets the slice with the figurine is said to be the 'king' for the day. After dinner we all sat and watched a French tv series. To be honest, I understood not one bit of it.
Here's some photos that document my day. I can't put into words how beautiful Paris is, but I hope these photo allow you to at least see a little piece of its beauty.
Today was a miserable day in Paris. The sky was forever gloomy and it rained on and off for the whole day. Not to mention the fact it was freezing cold and I had definitely not put enough layers on.
We set off nice and early in order to get a full day to explore Paris. On the way to the train station (a twenty minute walk from the house) we grabbed breakfast. No trip to France is the same without a typical French croissant. However I don't like plain croissants because they're just to boring, but instead I had a favourite of mine: a Pain au Raisin and because I was hungry I also had an apple turnover which had a less simple name that I can never remember, let alone spell!
To start our adventure we headed to Boulevard Haussmann to do a spot of shopping, a necessity when visiting Paris. Bronte took me to all her favourite stores which we ended up spending hours in. We headed to a little shopping centre at Gare Lazare then took the metro to Chatelet where we had a lovely lunch looking over the river Seine. The view was amazing and in the distance you could see the Eiffel Tower. No photo did the view justice. The cafe we ate at was also just above the metro station so every time a train went under us the ground shook and as you can imagine, the first time it happened, it scared the living day lights out of me! The architecture in paris never ceased to amaze me so I couldn't stop looking out the window the whole time.
After lunch we walked over the Seine to the Notre Dame. By this time we were both absolutely freezing and the queue to go inside the Notre Dame was huge, so we had a few photos in front of it then headed to find the closest cafe where we could shelter and get a crepe. Nutella crepes are possibly the tasty thing about Paris, second best are Pain Suisse. Whilst we enjoyed our crepe it poured down with rain and for entertainment we had THE weirdest waiter. He was the type of guy who saw himself as hilarious when really he was just a pain.
We took a brisk walk over to Hotel De Ville and it was at this point we both realised how cold and tired we were. We did a spot more shopping, mainly because all the shops were so cosy and warm and we needed to escape the arctic winds! Because of the awful weather we decided it was best to head home where we could warm up and have dinner with Brontes host family. They had made quiche and a type of pastry that the French only eat during the month of Janaury. The pastry was called Galette de Rois and is puff pastry with a frangipani middle. They hide little china figurines inside the cake and whoever gets the slice with the figurine is said to be the 'king' for the day. After dinner we all sat and watched a French tv series. To be honest, I understood not one bit of it.
Here's some photos that document my day. I can't put into words how beautiful Paris is, but I hope these photo allow you to at least see a little piece of its beauty.
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