Well, Happy New Year to you all from Paris. We arrived here on December 30, after a long journey we would rather forget, which involved missing our connecting flight and pretty much no sleep! But anyway, once settled in our apartment we soon forgot our troubles and began enjoying Paris. The top 2 photos are taken from the little balcony of our apartment, which is situated right on Place de la Bastille. It is very cosy (i.e., tiny) but in a great position and, as you can see, the view is amazing. In the second photo you can see, on the right, part of the Eiffel Tower (the top is covered in cloud) which shimmered in lights every ten minutes on New Years Eve.
We spent New Year's Eve with our friends Caitlin and Tobye, who were visiting at the same time. We enjoyed a feast of foie gras, French cheeses, baguette, little boudin blanc and cured meats. We also had the most delicious fig and pistachio tart for dessert.
So here is a summary of our first few days in photos:
Visiting the Champs Elysees and Arc de Triopmhe
La Tour Eiffel...of course! As you can see, the weather here is generally freezing and foggy. But Paris is still beautiful!
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| Notre Dame |
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| La Conciergerie |
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| L'Hotel de Ville |
The girls loved the 'Marche des enfants' just on the other side of Place de la Bastille. The magic water balls were a big hit!
We've enjoyed the fare at the local fresh food market at La Bastille - great mushrooms!
James and I loved rediscovering the Place des Vosges and walking around the covered archways there. (Victor Hugo lived in one of the houses here). The girls loved that there was a playground!
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| La Place des Vosges |
There have been glimpses of blue sky and a walk past the Louvre also showed off a beautiful skyline at dusk.
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| Le Louvre |
We'll post up more of our photos in the next few days. I hope the New Year has started off well for all of you too.
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