Wednesday November 3rd 2010Paris  On Wednesday we went to the Eiffel Tower! Samme and I were especially excited to visit it again after our trip with mum and dad 11 years ago. As we got there, and were accosted by gypsies trying to sell us things, it started to rain and we decided we didnt want to go up in the rain. So we went to take photos first, then the rain stopped so we decided the weather wasn’t going to be any less grey tomorrow and we might as well go up. Yet again, our British passports got us cheaper entry (woo!) and we headed up. Sadly the top floor is only open on weekends, but the 2nd floor was still incredibly high up! We spent quite a while up there taking tons of photos and checking out the view. We also took part in a “fun interactive exhibit” which involved putting on glasses with a mirror on the nose that you look down on as you wander around a track. We are still not sure what the point of it was! We were quite pleased when we looked down and saw that a big line had formed during the time we’d been up there, was nice to know we missed out on a line and breezed on through after all the waiting we did at the Vatican! When we’d had enough we went down again and had a quick snack break. Then went to try find the Statue of Liberty. We didn’t quite make it though, but we ended up walking over a bridge that was used in Inception! Pretty cool. It also gave us a great spot for pictures of the Eiffel Tower. We decided to head to the Arc de Triomphe next. And once again our handy British passports got us a discount. This time we got in FREE because of them. Very cool. The view from the top was great because we could see the Eiffel Tower and the Sacre Coeur and tons of other awesome sights. After we’d had a good look and taken a few photos we went down to head down the Champs Elysees. I don’t remember much about the Champs Elysees from our last trip there, probably because I was too young to be amazed by window shopping. By this stage we were very hungry so stopped for some lunch before we window shopped. We had croque monsieurs for lunch at an awesome little restaurant right on the Champs Elysees. Felt very awesome. And we experienced some unexpected politeness from the people at the table next to us who put their cigarettes out when Hannah started coughing. After lunch we window shopped and went to Laduree! After hearing about it through Gossip Girl we were pretty excited. Hannah had been last time she was in Paris and told us the macarons were amazing, and she was not wrong! We got two each. I had a chocolate one and a lemon one and they were AMAZING! I want to go back to Paris just to get more of them. sooo good. After some more window shopping we headed back to our hotel, stopping at a supermarket on the way to get supplies to make ham and cheese sandwiches for dinner (and to get pain au chocolats for breakfast because the breakfast at our hotel was €7! ridiculous) We chillaxed for a bit in our hotel and found an awesome french game show on TV that we got quite into (go Martine!).  After dinner we headed out again to the Louvre! Once again, thanks to our British passports, it was FREE for us. We had a big look around, and obviously the highlight of the evening was seeing the Mona Lisa. After we’d had enough looking around the inside we went and took photos of the gorgeous pyramid entrance. Then, exhausted again, we headed back to our hotel for a big sleep.

Wednesday November 3rd 2010
Paris 

On Wednesday we went to the Eiffel Tower! Samme and I were especially excited to visit it again after our trip with mum and dad 11 years ago. As we got there, and were accosted by gypsies trying to sell us things, it started to rain and we decided we didnt want to go up in the rain.

So we went to take photos first, then the rain stopped so we decided the weather wasn’t going to be any less grey tomorrow and we might as well go up. Yet again, our British passports got us cheaper entry (woo!) and we headed up. Sadly the top floor is only open on weekends, but the 2nd floor was still incredibly high up!

We spent quite a while up there taking tons of photos and checking out the view. We also took part in a “fun interactive exhibit” which involved putting on glasses with a mirror on the nose that you look down on as you wander around a track. We are still not sure what the point of it was!

We were quite pleased when we looked down and saw that a big line had formed during the time we’d been up there, was nice to know we missed out on a line and breezed on through after all the waiting we did at the Vatican!

When we’d had enough we went down again and had a quick snack break. Then went to try find the Statue of Liberty. We didn’t quite make it though, but we ended up walking over a bridge that was used in Inception! Pretty cool. It also gave us a great spot for pictures of the Eiffel Tower. We decided to head to the Arc de Triomphe next.

And once again our handy British passports got us a discount. This time we got in FREE because of them. Very cool. The view from the top was great because we could see the Eiffel Tower and the Sacre Coeur and tons of other awesome sights.

After we’d had a good look and taken a few photos we went down to head down the Champs Elysees. I don’t remember much about the Champs Elysees from our last trip there, probably because I was too young to be amazed by window shopping. By this stage we were very hungry so stopped for some lunch before we window shopped. We had croque monsieurs for lunch at an awesome little restaurant right on the Champs Elysees. Felt very awesome. And we experienced some unexpected politeness from the people at the table next to us who put their cigarettes out when Hannah started coughing. After lunch we window shopped and went to Laduree!

After hearing about it through Gossip Girl we were pretty excited. Hannah had been last time she was in Paris and told us the macarons were amazing, and she was not wrong! We got two each. I had a chocolate one and a lemon one and they were AMAZING! I want to go back to Paris just to get more of them. sooo good.

After some more window shopping we headed back to our hotel, stopping at a supermarket on the way to get supplies to make ham and cheese sandwiches for dinner (and to get pain au chocolats for breakfast because the breakfast at our hotel was €7! ridiculous) We chillaxed for a bit in our hotel and found an awesome french game show on TV that we got quite into (go Martine!). 

After dinner we headed out again to the Louvre! Once again, thanks to our British passports, it was FREE for us. We had a big look around, and obviously the highlight of the evening was seeing the Mona Lisa. After we’d had enough looking around the inside we went and took photos of the gorgeous pyramid entrance. Then, exhausted again, we headed back to our hotel for a big sleep.