I have always told myself: "I will visit Paris when I am married and 50+ years old". I´m not married nor 50, but I´m off to Paris! Without much research, Ina and myself decided to spend a weekend in the wonderful city of Paris. Arriving in Paris, we where both excited about everything. We took the train to the city centre, where we had to transfer to the blue line towards Place Charles de Gaulle. As we walked up the stairs to exit the subway, we immediately got a wonderful welcome from the Arc de Triomphe. Before we got too excited, we decided to drop our bags to the hotel. Thanks to my new job, I managed to book a standard room at Le Meridien Etoile, which had a very good location during our stay.
We kicked off the day with a french lunch at GUEST, a café located nearby our hotel. The owned knew every single guest and greeted them with kisses on the cheeks. The atmosphere was amazing and oh boy, that lunch was good! Straight after, we walked back to the Arc de Triomphe to take some photos and just explore. Straight after, we walked towards the Eiffel Tower. On our way there, we walked by some embassies, and suddenly met Dash, who is working for the Mongolian embassy. He had some pretty interesting stories to tell, and was in general a very nice company during our first day in Paris. Not only was he fun, but also made people wonder. Literally, everybody thought that we were hanging out with PSY (the korean singer), and were taking photos of him/us. We walked up the stairs to the tower, took some photos and had a 360 view over Paris. Straight after, we headed to the Notre-Dame Church, for me the most important attraction to see here in Paris. Just seeing the church, and see it from the inside was magical. We were lucky to experience a worship, in Notre-Dame. How crazy is that? Outside the Notre-Dame, we enjoyed some red wine and crepes. After a long day with a lot of sightseeing, we headed back to our hotel. Later in the evening, we met up with some friend of Ina. We enjoyed a dinner at their restaurant and after to VIP ROOM. It was definitely a club experience out the ordinary. Not did we only enjoy several bottles of champagne for 600€/bottle for free, but the music was excellent, the dancers and the man hitting the drum.
So let´s continue to Saturday, the morning when Ina was suffering of a bad hangover. I decided to have a walk along the Champs-Élysées. I ended up walking through a Christmas market, past the Petit Palais and Pont Alexandre III Bridge and ending up at the Roue de Paris. I reunited with Ina there, and we walked to the Musée de Louvre. We bought some souvenirs and had dinner together. When we got home, I found out that my dear friend Yewon, from South Korea, were in Paris and only 600meters from our hotel. We had a quick coffee and it was lovely to catch up!
Sunday, our last day was spent having a wonderful brunch at Season. We also managed to visit the Sacre Coeur before we had to head back to the airport and home to Stockholm. Paris was more amazing than I expected. I could definitely see myself visit Paris again and maybe even living there for some time. Paris, Je t'aime!
