We woke up bright and early on our second day in Paris (catch up on day one here) and headed out for breakfast at none other than Cafe du Flore - one of the oldest coffee houses in the city, and a favourite among famous writers and philosophers. We had a coffee, a delicious croissant and one of the best glasses or orange juice I've ever had, before heading out to start our day.
After some admin with our luggage {I'd highly recommend the luggage lockers in Gare du Nord if you don't want to carry your suitcases around after an 11am check out!}, we headed in the direction of the Eiffel Tower. We headed to the famous instagram street to get a photo with the Iron Lady herself, which we surprisingly didn't have to wait too long for given the streets recent fame. If you want a photo without anyone in the background I'm guessing you have to get here at the crack of dawn, but I'm not really fussed with people in the background.
We then wandered down to the seine and walked along the river to the Pont Alexandre iii - aka the most beautiful bridge in Paris.
We then headed up towards Monmartre to discover the area, I'd never been on any of my previous visits and was pleasantly surprised. The area is full of pretty streets, quirky cafes and has history. We first visited the famous pink restaurant - La Maison Rose. We didn't hang around long as there were crowds of people trying to take photos and also I didn't want to get in the way of the artists who had set up their sketch books across the street. For lunch we headed up to Le Consulat, famous for being a favourite of Picasso and Van Goh and I had a lovely Croque Madame while people watching as we were lucky enough to get a table right outside!
After lunch we headed up to the Sacre Coeur, but we didn't really stay long because it was the busiest place we visited in Paris and once we'd seen enough we wanted to get out of the crowds. So we walked down the stairs back into the city and kept going until we met the Champs Elysees. We wandered down past all the shops and right up to the Arc De Triomphe. We'd both climbed it before so we left it to the end of our trip in case we didn't have time but I'm glad we got the chance to visit it on this trip, thanks to some fast walking and a carefully planned itinerary!
We then hopped on the Metro back to Gare du Nord to catch our Eurostar train home and I'm so glad we got there a little bit early as the queues were ridiculous and quite confusing, so definitely leave plenty of time to get through passport control!
xo Becky
Post a Comment