Part Paris

Recently, the husband and I went to a few countries in Europe, and since it was such a joyous experience, I figured I would write about it.

My flying experience to Europe was less than stellar, and I'll dedicate a post to Delta at a later stage.

I arrived in Brussels a few hours later than originally expected without my suitcase. 

For me, this is frustrating for a number of reasons.

1. I plan all my outfits in advance (yes, I'm that narcissistic)
2. One Euro = 1.42 USD
3. Showering and putting on your husband’s clothes, or the funky clothes you travelled 24 hours in is not the business.

Lucky for me, there was an H&M at the mall not far from the hotel, which was probably the cheapest place to shop, and I was able to a dress and everything else I needed. Inspite of this snafu and the lack of sleep, we decided to head to the city centre in Brussels and have something to eat, and look around. The city itself was quite beautiful, very heavy on the French influence, cleaner than other areas we went to, and the waffles? Delish!

We took the train from Brussels to Paris, which was an hour and a half ride, and started our ridiculously busy day the minute we arrived. We bought ourselves some all day subway passes, good deal and easy to  get everywhere on. (Side note: There are some gifted musicians that play in the subway tunnels) 

We did a free walking tour from the Paris Opera House ending at Tuileries Garden.  

We walked over to the  Lourve (if you ever go there, go to there, to avoid the ridiculous line, there is an exit on the south side I think, with Lions, there was no line to get in that way). 

Spent a few hours there, walking around and looking at everything (amazing) and headed over to café on the Seine River for lunch and to people watch. 

After that, it was Notre Dame cathedral and then on to Champs-Elysees to look at the shops and take a photo by Arc De Triomphe.


Final destination for the day was the Eiffel Tower.

We finished the day eating crepes on the river.


The food ? So tasty.
The people ? Nice

The city of love with my love ? Marvellous.

And it was his birthday ? Even better!