Paris, 28 June, 9.45pm
No entry card to fill out, no customs to speak of. Welcome to Paris.
It has been 21 years and six months since my last visit. Staying in a little tourist hotel in the 1e arrondissement about 50m from the Comedie Francaise with Le Louvre within sight.
My colleagues from the Beijing office arrived earlier today but are already in Monmartre having dinner. Not hungry after 30 hours of travel so had a chocolat chaud at a cafe opposite the Comedie Francaise. Cost: 4.5 Euros. Yikes. If I just pretend that 1 Euro = 1AUD then I'll stop hyperventillating at the prices.
What's not to love about Paris? At 8.30pm there are people milling about everywhere; tourists having their photos taken in front of the glass pyramid at Le Louvre to locals and tourists eating at over-priced cafes. All the patrons waiting for their performance to start outside the Comedie Francaise were dressed in black and white. What was with that? Looked fabulous.
I have a meeting tomorrow. Have brought along a packet of Tim Tams for afternoon tea.
7 comments:
I am pretty much SICK with jealousy !
And the Tim Tams are inspired!
J'envious.
I bet that school girl French is coming back to you now.
Je suis jalouse.
I'll just have the tim tams please! Those things are like crack. Can you eat just one?
Parisians are tres chic.
Awesome. The last time I went to Paris I had the most delicious ham & cheese toastie EVER! and it was not that far from the Louvre. I do remember to that the price was to gawk at, but worth every conversion cent. Yummoh.
lost the last one - dodgy Italian internet connection. I don't want to rain on your parade (no pun intended) and I am glad you are loving Paris. Personally I don't get what all the fuss about. I admit it is very beautiful in spring and summer but overall it does not make my top 10 list. Venice, New York, San Francisco, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Florence, Dubrovnik (and now Kotor), Geneva,London Ivget (i have to exclude Rome as I am not impartial and I haven't got to St Petersberg or Moscow yet. Paris is very beautiful but so are all the other cities on my list (and some of them much more so). Paris has a lot of culture but no more than thhe others. And the people! Not even the French like Parisians!
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