The biggest and best sites of Paris

The boys took their time and once they returned and we had some photos, we head off towards the Eiffel Tower. I love this place. The Eiffel Tower itself is not that amazing, infact you’d almost say it was a little ugly, but the atmosphere around this place, and all the parks that you can sit in, are just lovely. So, as Luke went up the tower and had a bit of a look about, Chris and I took refuge under a shady tree in the park and rest a little. Your feet tend to hurt a bit when you’re in Paris. Luke was suitably impressed with the Eiffel Tower too, and when he returned we head to the best spot we know of and took some pictures in front of the Tower, I love these photos too!

The next spot to see was the Arch De Triumph, which we walked too. It didn’t seem like it was that far away, but my gosh were our legs a little sore by the time we got there. We walked to the middle of the Arch and took a little break and watched in horror as 4 silly people ran from the other side of the road to the middle with suitcases. I am completely surprised that they were not hit by a car, though, several horns did blare at them!

We then took a little tour down the ritz streets that come off the Arch De Triumph, Louis Vutton, Chanel etc etc, all those big names that are meant to cause mass excitement in women and make us “ooohhh and ahhhhh” but do nothing for me. I just don’t understand why anyone would want to pay thousands of Euros on a little clutch bag, which for the record, I believe are really quite disgusting design wise… anyhow, we passed these stores and continued on until we found smaller, nicer stores to stick our heads into and look about, one being the Nescafe store which sell all sorts of amazing coffee machines and flavours of coffee, it was Chris’ heaven and it was hard for us to pull him away from here.

The day was getting on now and we were all in need of a good rest and or, lie down, so we head back to the hostel for a bit of a break. While Chris and I took a walk to find some dinner (and in the process walked down the canals and found some lovely relaxed little spots to sit and have a picnic) Luke met up with some of his friends who are also staying at the hostel, it’s a small little world! Chris and I returned from having a yummy Chinese meal and said bye to Luke who was heading out with his friends to see the Eiffel Tower at night and have a bit of dinner. While Luke did this Chris and I relaxed at the hostel down in the bar area… but then, a little drama happened…

Chris and I sat at a large window, which, on the other side was the designated smoking area for the hostel. We were chatting away and on the computer when we couldn’t help but smell a burning sort of smell, we looked about but couldn’t see anything to indicate a fire so didn’t think much more of it, until we saw the bar man grab two carafes of water and rush out side and on the other side of the window to us, pour this water down a grate, and then do so again and then, satisfied with his effort went back to the bar… I was watching all this with interest (plus, Chris was on the P.C so I was a bit bored by myself) then, one of the really nice waitress’ went and had a look and then raced inside yelled at the reception in French and then RACED off down the road to the fire station that, thankfully for her, only 200 meters away (they were our neighbors across the road, handy!) she came rushing back with a fireman who was later joined by two of his colleagues and they were all looking down this grate, pulling it up, shining their torch, pouring water etc etc, they stayed for a little while until I guess they were satisfied and left. Very entertaining for myself! Thankfully, apart from the liters and liters of water that was poured down this grate, no more action was required and we all went to bed safe and sound.

written by  Chris and Emily on August 31, 2009 from Paris, France
from the travel blog: Europe 2009
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