J'adore Paris

We must be the most spoilt travellers in the world. We are now in Paris, staying in an apartment within walking distance of Montmartre (Frederique's mum Gaby usually lives here, but she is visiting the country), and we can see the Eiffel Tower from our bedroom window! Thank you Fred and Gaby for letting us stay!

Paris is fun, beautiful, elegant, and there is so much to do and see here (but it can also be stinky during peak hour on the metro with all those arms up in the air! phwoarh... deoderant??!)

We had an awesome day catching up with Glenn and Chris on Sunday. A quick tour of the sights (Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysees, Pompidou Centre and Notre Dame) before we relaxed on the edge of the Seine, drinking beers in the sun.



After an amazing French dinner that night (including the best strawberry creme brulee we've ever tasted), we headed to the Eiffel Tower to watch the light show.



The next day, we followed Fred's advice, and hit Galleries Lafayette. We've been called "flashpackers" rather than "backpackers", but Christian Lacroix, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Chanel are still a little out of our budget. We did lots of window shopping though, and the lovely ladies at Christian Lacroix gave Em the latest catalogue, which is a hard-cover book full of photography that comes in an embossed Lacroix bag... so it looked like we'd been shopping, even though we hadn't!

We also checked out Moulin Rouge, but only from the outside. Gaby has recommended a cabaret show called Crazy Horse which we'll try to check out later this week.

We've put photos of our Parisienne adventures on Flickr. There are photos from Sacre Coeur, Montmatre, The Catacombs, Dali museum, the fruit store from Amelie, Pigalle (sex district), Moulin Rouge, Galleries Lafayette, Eiffel Tower and the Seine. Have a look.