"America is my country, but Pari is my home." -The Devil Wears Prada
I have no idea where to even start this blog, but I will say Marshall and I had an AMAZING weekend in Paris. Writing a blog about our trip seems almost a bit overwhelming. Mostly because I took way too many pictures and can't decide which ones to choose.
Here is how the first day went: (Sorry in advance for all the pictures)
We arrived at the airport around 6am. I took a picture just to show you how small Malta's airport is! This is it. And after you go through a tiny security check, you enter the one big room with like ten gates. You can definitely bypass the 2 hour early arrival here.
I'm surprised our eyes were even open! We were up late the night before and had like 2 hours of sleep!
I don't know where you come from, but where I come from...this is NOT breakfast. Gross. Especially all the juice in the bottom of the pan! Granted it was from an airplane, but still.... I do remember the food used to be edible!
So once we arrived in Paris, we had to take a little hop on hop off trip to find our hotel. We first needed to find a bus at the airport to take us to a train station. Once we found it, we needed to get tickets beforehand. Well we didn't have enough coins to buy them or a euro card so we were like ummmmm. It cost 14 euro which is close to 20 dollars. Who carries that in change?! So I asked the next people who bought their tickets if they would charge ours to their card too and I would just give them cash. Thank goodness they were kind! This is the first stop that we had to get off at from the bus.
I've learned from traveling that you waste waaaay too much time trying to figure things out on your own sometimes. Especially when you don't speak or read the language. So I always just ask someone. When we entered the station above it was a bit confusing so a sweet french man helped us figure out what to do. We then took this metro to another stop to switch lines. And then 2 more times before we arrived at our final destination!
Our quaint abode. Not exactly what you would get in the states for $170 a night... but I guess its to be expected in Paris :) It actually was perfect. A soft bed to crash in and a hot shower in the morning. Location was great and we were happy!
We definitely enjoyed eating and drinking our way through the streets of Paris. This was our first lunch. Marshall ordered the Croque Madame and I ordered the Croque Monsieur. The only difference was his came with the egg on top and mind didnt. Inside was a thin slice of ham (they definitely don't load up on the meat like we do), and on the top was a decent piece of gruyere cheese toasted. They were delicious! :)
There is something so happy and adorable about little streetside food stands. They just make me smile and want to order something because...well why not?!Surely I need some cotton candy or to drink a hot chocolate while we walk!
And we found it!! Walking towards the beautiful, iconic tower...
We walked around and took lots of pictures...
And of course here...
While we were waiting to enter the tower for dinner, we decided to find a cafe and warm up. I just love outdoor cafes... especially this one with the heat lamps!! I'm going to miss these when we come back home.
Marshall ordered a coffee and I ordered a diet coke. This is what he got...which turned out to be delicious desserts. We laughed at him for having to drink out of this tiny tea cup. :)
Paris is really expensive! For Marshall's "coffee" and my "coca light" it cost 15 euro which is close to $20. The entire time we were there, my diet cokes never cost less than $5 each. And they were the tiny little glass bottles! Crazy!
We had a little glass of mulled wine before dinner. There is a cute little cafe up in the tower where you can sit and have a drink.
Our special dinner up in the tower!
Marshall ordered these drinks for us before dinner. Its the restaurant special called Tour Eiffel. I'm not too sure but I think it was something like blue curaco on the bottom, then champagne, and then some sort of sorbet on top. They were really good!!
This was my starter I chose. Smoked Salmon...and off the top of my head I'm not sure what else. REALLY good though!
Marshall's Jumbo Tiger Prawn with an incredible guacamole, grapefruit, apple slices, and tomatos.
Althought I definitely didn't want to order chicken, I somehow picked it anyways. For what it was, it was prepared really well. The mixture of it all and the sauce was great!
Marshall's salmon and butternut squash. I would say presentation ranked a bit higher than the actual food, but all in all we were really happy!
My dessert that I chose and ate...after they sang happy birthday to me. Thanks babe. :) I'm not sure how to describe it. Its a french dessert... its like a soft, chewy biscuit kind of thing with ice cream and whipped cream inside that was totally different than what we are used to. So I'm not sure what it was... but I enjoyed it!!
Marshall's was more of a nut tasting. Similar, but not. And the stick leaning on it was like a white chocolate stick. Different but good.
We still had a great view from our table, but if you wanted right next to the window, you have to book 4+ months in advance!!
It had been raining and was super windy and freezing when we finished dinner! We walked around, took a few pictures, and then made our way down the tower.
So like 5 times a night... on the hour... for ten minutes, the tower has a light show. It was maybe my favorite thing!! Apparently this is the last year they are doing it too! We just watched it in awe... I don't think it would ever get old.
After dinner we went to the Arc De Triomphe and then walked down Champs Elysees. It was just magical to me to stroll through the streets with my man. The only downer was having to walk in heels!!!!
The stunning streets of Paris...
I'll post the second day of our trip tomorrow!! Hope you all had a great weekend!! XOXO