August 2009
If you, like me, have lived away from this amazing city, and have all sorts of movie style drams about it, you can imagine how it was for me to go there for the first time.
We planned this trip for our anniversary in 2009 (August), our first anniversary in Europe. We meet in CDG airport and planned a visit to all major monuments and attractions, including one day for Disneyland Europe.
We stayed at the Suitehotel in Port de la Chapelle, a little bit far from the center, but an amazing room and very price-friendly. (We learned next year that the area has been dramatically worsened, becoming even dangerous, only rumors of course)We took the metro to the city center, and then we started our now beloved hop on hop off tour. Going to the main sight seeings and walking around as much as we could.
The first sight of the tower is an amazing emotion. The magnificence of the structure piled with all the magic that surrounds it, makes this first time just perfect, even more by the hand of the love one.
We went up, to the top, and the view of Paris was amazing! (I don't have more words to describe it, it is just perfect) Of course, it was far away from the romantic idea of only the two lovers in the top of the tower!, going up required a veeeeery long line, a security check and a very crowded way up, but it is worth it!
This trip made us understand the meaning of SUMMER! we were dying! it was soo hot and our feet were aching from all the walking, we had to join the crowd in putting our feet in the water, inside some fonts, it was a funny experience and a refreshing one ;)
A very recommended experience is the boat trip, seeing the tower and all other amazing buildings from the river is simply perfect.In the Louvre, we tried to grasp as much art as we could on the short time that we had, and as many tourist for the first time, we were disappointed with the Monalisa, and in love with so many other amazing paintings. The feeling is weird, so much beauty, so much art, so many things to see and to enjoy, is an overflow of wonders that the brain can not take all at once. I believe that to fully enjoy the Louvre, one needs at least a week, leaving off many things and only seeing the famous ones, and even then, one would be short of time.
I don't think I need to describe each of the marvelous things in Paris, the Arc du Thriump is beautiful, and the city is designed in such a way, so everything converges to this main sights.The Sacre Coeur cathedral and the surroundings are breathtaking, and the Dali house in Mont-martre is a great museum for us fans of his eccentric mind. Notre Dame is as impressive as it comes, every corner has amazing details, inside and out, we did not had a chance to go up, we'll do it next time, along with a more detailed visit of the Mouline Rouge.
Walking through the Champs Elissee, having ice cream by the river, or discovering the light show in the tower at night, those are the things that can't be told, they have to be experienced!.
Disneyland Europe was a fun day, a lot of lines, but a lot of fun, we had the chance to play and enjoy ourselves, and we experienced a magnificent fire works show at midnight, that was much more than we had imagined.
