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Paris being our first stop was the one which got us all excited... they wanted to dress up pretty pretty to shop in downtown Champs Elysees esp looking for Cor's Speedy 25. In the end, hot weather plus jet lag (13h straight to London, and then headed straight for Paris) for them just ruined everything. The breaking point was when we were climbing uphill to Sacre Coeur in their wrong footwear and then rushing back to our hotel to grab our bags and squeezing in the trains back to Gare du Nord station for our Eurostar train.

My biggest disappointment was not being able to visit my long awaited Musee d'Orsay :( not enough time since we were there only for 2 days!

Mini itinerary for Paris
Day One

Notre Dame Cathedral

Arc du Triomph
sunny day! - we were surprised at how hot it was compared to London!

Champs Elysees

... where Cor made her pilgrimage trip to Louis Vuitton


the satisfied look; inside the tres-grand LV store

Eiffiel Tower
The view at night



Day Two
Louvre
 


Montmatre (recommended by my french teacher and I say a thumbs up for this place coz it exudes the Parisien-Bohemien charm - love it!)

 

outside a small restaurant; oooh I love these posters!!




 Typical stalls up in Montmatre where artists sell their works; boulangerie! time for french pastries!


nous dejeuner; my lunch!

Sacre Coeur where the view of Paris was superb.. where it was also a tiring walk upslope

the walk upslope (you can see from the 2nd pic above)


view of Paris from Sacre Coeur



Moulin Rouge


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