I've been meaning to write this for a while now. So last year, I was on exchange in London. Towards the end of it, I finally found time to actually visit Paris and let's just say I'm in love~
It was such a short trip (2 days) that I'm left with many regrets that I couldn't have stayed longer. (Warning: Picture heavy post, so it might take a while for page to load)
So on day one, it was quite a crazy journey for me. My flight was super early in the morning that when I left to take the tube to the airport, the tube station was closed. Haha. Hence when I finally got to my lodgings, I was so tired that I dozed off... Thankfully, I managed to wake up with some daylight left over and walked to the Eiffel Tower, the #1 must see attraction of all time. It may be a tourist spot nowadays but seeing it still took my breath away. It was such surreal experience just walking there and seeing it with my own eyes that I teared up.
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| The Eiffel Tower. It was quite cloudy but I managed to get the sun at the golden hour and capture beautiful photos. |
Beside the eiffel tower, the park surrounding it is a lovely place to stroll about too :)
Next stop was Arc de Triomphe and there was so much traffic ongoing around it. It was kind of weird and cool at the same time that a significant monument is such a central landmark for people of today still.
From there I went to check out Avenue des Champs-Elysées and chanced upon Laduree's shop! (Ok not really chanced. I planned on visiting it) Excited, I went in to grab some macarons (plus I've not had dinner) and it had such a beautiful display.
The macarons tasted amazing as well. I'm not a fan of macarons usually but eating those changed my opinion. These macarons were not the sugary, crumbly kinds that I usually find in Singapore, but buttery soft, light and melt in your mouth kind.
It had a substantial flavour but still felt light in the mouth, like eating a dream. I was so glad (and sad) that I only got 5 of them. At 1.90 euros each, they're worth it.
As it was nearing christmas, they had a christmas market there too! There were stalls set up selling handmade soap, food, mulled wine, trinkets etc. Christmas is such a big thing in Europe that I was really glad that I was there, even though I don't really like winter.
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| A super big pot of pasta cooking at one of the stalls. It was HUGE! |
That concludes first day of my paris trip. Check back again for the next part!
Love,
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