Bonjour

Bonjour! We are in Paris at the moment and I think I've found my favourite city- it's beautiful, the food is delicious and we have conveniently arrived during exciting times! The Tour de France will arrive in Paris on Sunday (we won't be there but the city is buzzing a bit anyway), and yesterday, the 14th July was Bastille Day- France's answer to Australia Day!

We've seen plenty of sights so far: the Arc de Triomphe, the Champs-Élysées, the Notre Dame, the Sacré-Cœur (which you can see from our hostel), and we've been to the Lourve and the Grand Palais museum.

The Bastille Day celebrations were both breathtaking and ridiculously hilarious! There was an ace firework show and light show from the Eiffel Tower, which thanks to a 4 hour wait (we were super keen) we were right in front of. I don't know if you know this but fireworks are my second favourite thing after food, and as I'd just eaten I had the best night ever. The highlight and most hilarious part of the night was easily the fireworks soundtrack. It started off with the classic It's Raining Men, and included YMCA, I Will Survive, some Gloria Estefan and ABBA. So French. The reason there is a photo of a man in jeans was because he was there with his whole family who were seated, but he didn't sit down once because his pants were too tight. Oh how we laughed! Maybe it was so funny because we were 3 hours into the wait. I also mistook a man's regal blue cloak for a rain poncho. Good
times.

The rest of the time we've been walking and eating, and taking lots of photos! (Lots of these photos were taken by Claire because I keep forgetting to charge my phone).

Sorry about the lack of captions for the pictures, Blogger is not co-operating with me! The bookshop is a place called Shakespeare and Company just opposite the Notre Dame- a tiny but crammed English language bookstore. They were closing early for a wedding today, so romantic! (My many suitors take note). Bread is pictured because you get it with every meal, even if your meal is cake and juice.
That crepe is actually a gluten free buckwheat galette with ham, cheese and tomato and it melted in my mouth!
Laudree! Macarons! The most delicious I've ever eaten, although Pierre Herme could give them a run for there money.
The Babar poster is a museum exhibition we're going to on Wednesday(!), there was an orchestra in a metro station, and the one of me and a jug is in Angelina, a fancy patisserie on the Rue de Rivoli. That pot is full of Chocolate Chaud- basically liquid chocolate. Hence the smile.

Au revoir!