Part 2: Paris

“A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of Life.” 
― Thomas Jefferson

Hej!

As promised, I am posting Part 2 of my well overdue blog update, PARIS!

Now after eventually getting over gastro, it was time to go to Paris to meet mother and D2, YAY. I arrived safe and sound only to find out that I would have to sit and wait 1 hour for the next Roissy bus into the city at Charles de Gaulle airport, but it was sunny so it was okay. I was finally on my way and I could barely contain my excitement levels on the bus, all I can say is that I truly felt sorry for the lady who had to sit next to me. Finally arrived and now it was time to try and find my hotel, without GOOGLE maps, honestly, how hard could it be?

Well, that was my first mistake; it took me approximately 45 minutes of walking around the same 2 blocks to find my hotel, the ‘Prince Albert’, I’m positive that I had passed it at least 3 times before I actually found it. Check in complete and now to explore my room, drop my things and try and find mum & D2. Our first night in Paris was relatively quiet; we aimlessly wandered the streets, ate delicious food and settled in for the night.

The next morning we were ready bright and early, and on board the hop-on-hop-off bus tour ready for a day jam-packed of site seeing. On this tour we managed to visit Opera, Palais-Royal, the Louvre, Pont-Neuf, Notre Dame cathedral, Saint-Michel, Musee d’Orsay, Concorde, Champs-des-Elysees, Arc de Triomphe, Trocadero, the Eiffel tower and Grevin, the wax museum. All in all a day to definitely remember!

The next day I would say goodbye to mum & D2, and yes there were tears, again! Once we had said our goodbyes I was off to explore further! I made my way to the bridge of ‘love’, walked through the most beautiful park, and tasted the best hot chocolate in the world at Angelina’s. Although being on my own it didn’t dull my experience at all. The streets in Paris have a certain ambience that fill it with life, the culture, the setting and the food, are all to die for! And although being on my own, I still had the most fantastic time!

Later that evening I treated myself to dinner and a boat cruise down the Seine river, and later an illuminations tour, to see Paris by night, it was breathtakingly beautiful! Upon arriving back to my hotel I packed my bag ready for my flight back to Malmo in the morning and checked my emails only to find that my flight for the morning had been CANCELLED due to a suspected snowstorm!

Hooray, another night in Paris! I wake up the next morning to Paris covered in snow! I head out for breakfast, a croissant and coffee of course and then to the shops to buy myself a new beanie, gloves and umbrella, this weather was crazy! For the rest of the day I had decided to explore Montmartre - the old village, the Sacre Coeur and my favorite, the Moulin Rouge (of course singing and dancing out the front).

After another fabulous day of exploring Paris I headed back to my hotel with a bottle of French wine and some dinner (and of course dessert!).

Bags packed and everything organized to fly out the following morning. I wake up, get the taxi to the airport only to find out that I would encounter delay upon delay upon delay, 8 hours later and I was finally home in Malmo.

One thing to remember when visiting Paris, forget about the healthy eating! It is simply not possible to experience the ‘real’ Paris without indulging in all of the tasty treats on offer. The minute you step off the Plane at Charles de Gaulle airport the sweet smell of pastry, macaroons and chocolate win over your taste buds!

Once again,

From Sweden with Love,

Holly xoxox