Well it’s been quiet on my blog again! I have no
other excuse other than I haven’t been baking ‘just because I want to’,
as I need to cut down on cake. My waist line has been increasing of
late and I’ve had to make some cut backs (much
to my horror!). I miss baking cakes just for fun to try a new recipe. I should fatten up my friends and family instead so I still get to bake.
So I thought I would give you a little insight into my trip to Paris instead of a baking post. Me and my boyfriend went on 30th July - 3rd August and travelled via train to London and then the Eurostar. We stayed in a four star hotel just off the Champs-Élysées, with a bedroom view of the Eiffel Tower, which was perfection! Most sights were about three Metro stops away, so I felt really in heart of Paris.
I felt incredibly privileged to have
the Arc De Triomphe so close to us too, which is located on the
Champs-Élysées and was around a ten minute walk away from our
hotel. I wanted to scream when we casually walked down the road we
stayed on, onto the Champs-Élysées and to my left was the Arc De
Triomphe in the distance!
I would also like to make a point of the fact that me and Joe didn't have to pay for any of the sights we saw. It was free for us as we are under 26 years of age and are from the EU!
Here are some photos of the beautiful city
This is the view of the Champs-Élysées and Eiffel Tower at the top of the Arc De Triomphe
This shows the amazing work and detail inside the Arc
The stunning, goregous, creepy, awe inspiring, gothic treasure, Notre-Dame.
I was incredibly moved by this Parisian gem, the interior is just as stunning as the exterior.
I saw Pierre Hermé on one of Lorraine Pascale's food shows months ago and knew that I had to go when I was in Paris. She waxed some serious lyrical about them. The shop was small, but stunning, with a lot of choice. The flavours were lovely, some were dusted in lustre and some were speckled, which gave them character. The texture was more like cake than what I'm used to with macarons - I expected more chewiness. But some had more chewiness than others!
I thought this looked very French and was down the extremely affluent Avenue Montaigne (if you're a Sex and the City fan, Carrie spent a lot of time shopping down this street!)
I really tried to look chic while I was in Paris. Ray Bans and dark lips every day.
The breathtaking Eiffel Tower of course! I couldn't get enough of it - taking masses of pictures and trying to lap up the atmosphere and ambience.
The two photos above are of Les Invalides and the gardens next to it, close to the Eiffel Tower as you can see! A lot of Parisian buildings similar to this have gold on them. Very regal.
Now, this was something else and nothing I've seen compares to this. The light show was magical. And I never say 'magical' because it's just too cheesy and Disney for me and I don't use it lighly... but it really was! Lots of people gather at Trocadéro to catch this for five minutes on the hour when it gets dark. The atmosphere here was lovely and there's lots of people offering to take your picture and wishing you a brilliant trip. The picture doesn't really do the light show justice sadly.
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