bonjeur, bonjovi? (part 1)
I hate getting sick when I am going to go somewhere for the weekend, especially when that somewhere is Paris and I have been looking forward to it soo much. But it happens, luckily even when you're sick, a trip to Paris can be "fully sic!"
We took the Eurostar there and I was surprised by a) how great a way trains are to travel and b) how much the train looked like it would sneak off when everyone was asleep and kill someone. But I can tell ya this for nothing:
The Eurostar drops you pretty close to the heart of Paris too and from there it was a quick walk to our hotel in Montmartre which was a big bonus.
We checked in and for dinner ended up in a fantastic little restaurant hidden away in the back streets of Montmartre. The service was super friendly (even through my crap french) and they were playing what I like to think was some awesome french music but most importantly the food was gorgeous. It was a great introduction to Paris.
The next day we woke up and went to breakfast. When the coffee and bread arrived the waiter said "the croissant is on it's way" then turned and sprinted off down the street. A few minutes later he ran back up to us and said "I'm sorry we are out of croissants and so is the bakery! but I bought you this brioche instead, it's good!" he then handed us a bag with some brioche in it! How cool.
After that we wandered our way up to the Sacre Coeur which is a church on top of a big hill overlooking Paris. The view is amazing from up there and inside are some of the most beautiful stain glass windows I've ever seen. Then we just wandered around the neighbourhood and ended up in the little plaza where all the tourists get there portraits painted. We looked around but didn't get a painting : ( Then we got a small lunch (read: ripped off St. Peter's style) and jumped on the metro to go and see Notre Dame.
By the time we got to Notre Dame we were in a pretty silly mood and we spent a little while taking silly photos and ambling around the cathedral. At the last minute we decided to go inside and I'm soo glad that we did. Again the stainglass windows here were just incredible! Unfortunately the photo's don't come even close to doing them justice. But just turn up the saturation in your head or something :D
From there we just walked around enjoying being in Paris. I got a bananna and Nutella crepe (so good!) and ate it as we walked along the Seine where we saw this busker with an awesome rock and roll puppet show and watched people iceskating at the Town Hall. Then we sat down for a coffee and just watched people pass by. It is a really beautiful city, the scale and grandeur have to be seen to be believed.
For dinner that night we went to a seafood restaurant and had absolutely no idea what to order, nor what anything on the menu was! As we tried to decipher the menu the girl sitting next to us turned to us and started speaking in french asking us something, when she saw our reaction (look a bit scared and shake our heads) she knocked it up another notch and started pleading with us! Then after a good 30 seconds she stopped and we finally explained we couldn't speak french. To which everyone sitting around laughed! but we eventually figured out they wanted to switch tables so they could sit near their mates. Anyway we took a stab at the menu and ended up with a massive seafood platter with crab, oysters, mussels and cold snails. It was a good first day...
We took the Eurostar there and I was surprised by a) how great a way trains are to travel and b) how much the train looked like it would sneak off when everyone was asleep and kill someone. But I can tell ya this for nothing:
Trains are the future of travel. FACT!
The Eurostar drops you pretty close to the heart of Paris too and from there it was a quick walk to our hotel in Montmartre which was a big bonus.
We checked in and for dinner ended up in a fantastic little restaurant hidden away in the back streets of Montmartre. The service was super friendly (even through my crap french) and they were playing what I like to think was some awesome french music but most importantly the food was gorgeous. It was a great introduction to Paris.
The next day we woke up and went to breakfast. When the coffee and bread arrived the waiter said "the croissant is on it's way" then turned and sprinted off down the street. A few minutes later he ran back up to us and said "I'm sorry we are out of croissants and so is the bakery! but I bought you this brioche instead, it's good!" he then handed us a bag with some brioche in it! How cool.
By the time we got to Notre Dame we were in a pretty silly mood and we spent a little while taking silly photos and ambling around the cathedral. At the last minute we decided to go inside and I'm soo glad that we did. Again the stainglass windows here were just incredible! Unfortunately the photo's don't come even close to doing them justice. But just turn up the saturation in your head or something :D
From there we just walked around enjoying being in Paris. I got a bananna and Nutella crepe (so good!) and ate it as we walked along the Seine where we saw this busker with an awesome rock and roll puppet show and watched people iceskating at the Town Hall. Then we sat down for a coffee and just watched people pass by. It is a really beautiful city, the scale and grandeur have to be seen to be believed.
For dinner that night we went to a seafood restaurant and had absolutely no idea what to order, nor what anything on the menu was! As we tried to decipher the menu the girl sitting next to us turned to us and started speaking in french asking us something, when she saw our reaction (look a bit scared and shake our heads) she knocked it up another notch and started pleading with us! Then after a good 30 seconds she stopped and we finally explained we couldn't speak french. To which everyone sitting around laughed! but we eventually figured out they wanted to switch tables so they could sit near their mates. Anyway we took a stab at the menu and ended up with a massive seafood platter with crab, oysters, mussels and cold snails. It was a good first day...
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