Running quite behind schedule on these posts so will have to keep them short for now and fill them out later (maybe).
Today was our first day in Paris. We walked to the Luxembourg Gardens & Palace from the hotel, then walked through the streets (stopping off at a true Parisian patisserie) and then tried to go to the Louvre but it is closed on Tuesdays. We saw a ferris wheel in the distance so walked up the esplanade a bit, to a little fair/sideshow thing where the ferris wheel was. There was a great view from the ferris wheel and we got our first good look at the Eiffel tower. On the way we found Concorde Column, and a few other monuments. After we went on the ferris wheel we caught a bus to the Arc de Triomphe, then caught the tube to the island where Notre Dame Cathedral is. We had a look around Notre Dame, had a nutella crepe nearby, and went back to the hotel for a shower and a rest (it was a very hot day and Mel got a sun tan/burn)
Dinner was a quick stop at a local pizza place near the hotel and then we took the bus up to the Eiffel tower. We took a LOT of photos of it as we were getting closer - so it took a while to actually get there. Biggest impression - it is HUGE!!! A lot bigger than we thought it would be! After waiting in line for nearly an hour we went up to the second floor (by this time it was dark but worth the wait) and took lots of photos, and then because it was night time we took lots of photos of it on the way back. We missed the last bus so decided to walk back to the hotel - took a long time and it was hot but we got there eventually. We're glad we got to the tower at night though!!
Here's some photos from today:
The Arc de Triomphe
Random (appropriate) bakery we found
Random street in Paris
The Jardin Du Luxembourg - now the French Senate
Notre Dame Cathedral
And our two favourite shots from probably the whole trip:
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