As you may know from my youtube videos, I was in Paris for the first time of my life. I went there with my best friend Elli (she also has a blog and a youtube channel - it's called Elena Ellectra CHECK IT OUT NOW!!!! --- actually not now, but after you read this blog entry :P) - and it was just a perfect trip!
At first, I want to tell you something about my friendship with Elli. We met through an orchestra (we both play cello), however, we didn't really like each other initially. I thought that she was arrogant and apparently, she thought that about me, too. After some time, we met again and found out that we were put in the same room during an orchestra camp and I was absolutely annoyed by this fact. However, after about half an hour we noticed that we are very alike and that's when our friendship started. :-)
In January, we thought about going on holiday together, but not a beach holiday - a shopping/city holiday. We decided to go to Paris. On 23th of July we got on a plane and after a short flight we landed in the capital city of France. We were really lucky with the weather although the weather forecast had been horrible - the sun was shining brightly from a clear blue sky.
After finding our hotel (which was a little complicated - especially because a strange guy at the railway station confused us and bought us tickets we didn't need and we kind of ran away from him with our suitcases), we explored the surroundings and found a Starbucks right around the corner. :-)
We spent our days with a) sight seeing and b) shopping. We went on top of the Arc de Triomphe and of course the Eiffeltower (which is 327 metres high!!) and we saw the actual Mona Lisa in Louvre (we also saw the appartments of Napoleon III. and very cool sculptures from the Ancient Greek). Of course, we went down the Champs Elysees and there is a HUGE Sephora (a shop where you can buy LOADS of make up - but it's a liiiiiittle pricey as you can buy the high street and luxury lables and brands there). We both bought a few things (what I bought will be up in a haul video on my youtube channel and also on my blog here). We also saw Notre Dame and Sacrecoeur, the famous churches. One of my fayourite things was to walk around Montmartre - a small part of Paris with loads of cute little shops and bistros.
We also went to Versailles - the beautiful and bombastic castle of Louis XIV. The gardens are amazing - you can even rent a rowing boat (we did that - it was hilarious).
On our last day there was the arrival of the cyclists from the Tour de France - the great final of this very long cycling tour across France. We stood behind the barriers and were cheering and whooping when the cyclists came by. Personally, I think this was a very unique experience as I never thought I would be in Paris during the final of the Tour de France and witnessing this great event was just awesome!
On 28th of July we went back to the airport and (after doing some shopping in the duty free store) we got to our gate and went back to Vienna.
It was an amazing holiday and I really hope I can visit Paris again!
Hopefully, you liked this kind of "travel diary" - I just want to share my experiences with you guys!
If you have been to Paris, what did you do and what were your favourite places to go? Let me know in the comments or email me! :-)
My next blog will be a "haul" post with all the stuff I bought in Paris - stay tuned!
I leave a few pictures below - check them out!
Lots of Love,
Sony
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| the bakery Laduree makes the best macarons in the world! |
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| Mona Lisa - what I always wonder: where are her eye brows?? |
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| I took this picure from onto the Arc de Triomphe - the view is amazing! |
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| the Eiffeltower - just awesome |
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| 301 metres over the ground - onto the Eiffeltower |
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| me trying to model in the gardens of Versailles |
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| Sacrecoeur - the lovely church on top of a little hill in the middle of Montmartre |
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| the glass pyramid in front of the Louvre - this is the entrance to the museum |
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| the majestic castle of Louis XIV. - Versailles |
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