Not gonna lie, this city is as awesome as everyone says. I was blessed with amazing weather and perfect company the whole week and got to see everything I wanted and more.
I had been freaked out by many stories about Paris. The seedy men, the gypsies who steal your things and the generally snooty behaviour of Parisians. Don't listen to these people! Yes, the men leer a bit, but you can ignore them. I hardly saw any gypsies, and although I could speak hardly any French you can easily get by because everyone can speak English - just always remember to say Bon jour!
On the first day my friend took me on her tour of Paris, where we saw the Bastille, wandered around the Marais, saw the Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower, visited the Invalides, chilled in glorious gardens and ate awesome French food for dinner. Yes, their food is to die for!
The next day I visited the Cimetiere du pere lachaise to see the graves of Jim Morrison, Chopin, Modigliani, Gertrude Stein, Edith Piaf, Appollinaire, Proust, Oscar Wilde and Sarah Bernhardt. It took about 2 hours to find them all and you definitely need a map because the cemetery is epic.
Then I visited St Chapelle, which has stunning stained glass, and the Conciergerie where Marie Antoinette was held before being executed.
On Monday I visited the Louvre and only spent about 2 hours there. I'm not obsessed with art, and travelling around Europe definitely gives you museum fatigue. I saw all the main pieces though, and was able to get up close to the Mona Lisa. I then had a rest in the Tuileries before visiting the Musee de l'orangerie to see Monet's beautiful water lillies.
On Tuesday I visited the Pantheon to see the tombs of Voltaire, Victor Hugo, and the Curies (yeah, I saw a lot of graves this week) before visiting the Musee D'Orsay (amazing Van Goghs, Monets and Renoirs) and then walked along the Seine. I had time to kill so decided to climb the Eiffel Tower which you MUST do!
On Wednesday my friend Natalie and myself travelled out to Versailles. The place is ridiculously extravagant and I guess you can see why the people rose up against the aristocracy. We spent the day wandering the Palace and then the grounds, chilling in the sun. It was lovely!
At night we had a picnic in front of the Eiffel Tower to see it sparkle, another must!
On my last day we grabbed the most awesome falafel ever, recommended by Lenny Kravitz before heading north (to the dodgy part of Paris) to see the Sacre Coeur and the Moulin Rouge. Then we ventured back to see the Arc de Triomphe and wander down the Champs Elysees, finishing the day off with a delicious ice cream!
So Paris is amazing. GO THERE!