Oh mon Dieu! I have to say, that this was one of the best weekends of my entire life! I have been dreaming of going to Paris ever since I began taking French in elementary school, and finally I got my chance.
I think I practically ran to the airport Thursday evening from my last class I was so excited, and after a quick flight I finally arrived in the city of love. I was planning on meeting Mary at the metro stop Cité Universitaire, but as I stepped off, a bit disoriented by all of the people I heard a girl scream "McNally!!" and I was thrown back on the Metro. Mary would not say where we were going or what we were doing, but she had a surprise for me. We arrived at a stop, she led me up the Metro stairs, and then the very first thing I saw in Paris was Notre Dame lit up in all her glory towering over us.
To make the moment even better, she pulled a bottle of wine from her purse and we sat and talked about some of the wonderful adventures we had planned for the weekend over a glass of vin blanc.
After unpacking a bit, we went out for a lovely evening at her favorite little Sangria Bar in Odéon.
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| Santé! |
The next day Mary planned out another Metro surprise, only this time instead of arriving at Notre Dame, I arrived atop the Metro stairs at the base of the Arc de Triomphe!
We then strolled down les Champs Élysées, past all of the shops and cute cafes lining the street, toward the ferris wheel and Le Louvre at the other end. Here are some pictures:
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| Note the Arch de Triomphe at the other end |
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| I.M. Pei's Pyramid in front of the Louvre! |
By two on Friday it was literally 60 degrees and sunny; you can imagine that I was in heaven!
We met Shelby and Caroline back at Mary's and then we headed to the Eiffel Tower!
Instead of taking the elevator, we all wanted to say we had climbed the Eiffel Tower, so we began the trek up the stairs. We got some pictures from each level...we even found an ice skating rink and an ice bar on one level..who knew!?
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| Le Seine |
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| Sames girls, New continent |
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| Eiffel Tower shadow across the city |
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| had to get one solo shot on the Eiffel Tower |
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| ice skating rink |
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| Shelb, Caroline and the ice bar |
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| Bloggers and best friends reuinited!!! |
After this amazing experience we met some of Mary's friends at an authentic Parisian Cafe for dinner! We got to eat outside since it was such beautiful weather, and each got a three course meal for 10 Euros : délicieux!
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| My apple crisp...Oh la la! |
Saturday we spent all day exploring more of the city! Thanks to Mary and her incredible navigation skills with the Metro/busses we got to see so many different parts of the city in such a short time!
Speaking of the Metro, I did have one very interesting experience. As we were getting on to one of the trains I felt a rustling against my back and turned around to find a man with his hand completely in my purse trying to pull out my wallet! I yelled Non! and pushed him in the chest. He fell backwards a few steps and before I knew it he sprinted off the Metro and disappeared all before the doors closed. Thankfully I checked and nothing was gone, but it defnitely taught me to stay on my toes and be aware of all of my belongings!
Mary, Shelby, and Caroline watched me yell and push him from afar and thought I was just getting super aggressive about securing a seat for the ride until I told them what really happened haha....seats are very valuable for the longer rides, but hopefully I will never push someone over a fold-down Metro chair...
Here are some pictures of some of our stops throughout the day...
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| Le Sacre Coeur! |
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| Wahoowa! |
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| Angelina's for hot choloate, cheese, and macaroons! A wonderful atmosphere and unbelievable food; no wonder it was Coco Chanel's favorite. |
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| When in Paris...right?? ;) |
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| Look what I found! Shoutout to Denmark <3 |
We had so many amazing moments on this trip I can't show them all, but hopefully my fellow bloggers can fill in some of the holes. I can't even express what a magical place Paris is, and I feel so lucky to have been able to spend three days there with my best friends.
Here was the theme song to our Parisian weekend, and we felt the lyrics depicted our reunion perfectly.
So excited to be back in Copenhagen for the next few weekends to continue my wonderful adventures in Denmark! Paris was incredible, but for the first time I felt like I was coming home when I got off the train in Copenhagen....thirty mile an hour winds and all :)
Hej Hej!
Kelly
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