Paris day two

Day two in Paris and we started out with a haute couture exhibition at hotel de ville. It was lovely but nothing was translated so we finished it quickly (luckily for Daniel). We proceeded over the seine and got lunch at a relatively expensive restaurant with good service but thin steaks haha.

Next we walked to st Michels to start a free waking tour! It was 3.5 hours long and it rained a fair bit but Daniel had a waterproof jacket and I bought a 5E umbrella. It was hard to find one not covered in Eiffel towers. I don't want to look like too much of a tourist! Anyway, the tour covered saint chapelle, Norte dame, the courts, the oldest bridge in Paris, the Eiffel tour, the louvre and their gardens, a Starbucks for a break and a bridge of locks. Walking tours don't go inside the attractions but you can see it from the outside and the guide tells you things about it and also history and funny wee bits and pieces. They also tell you how much it'll be to go in.

After our tour the guide took us to a restaurant for a mid arvo meal and I got some snails in garlic oil and herbs, and french onion soup to try. I didn't like either and it cost me around $45 nzd including 2 coffees but hey, had to be done. On our way back to the hotel we also walked the champes elyses and saw the arc du triomphe.

We bought tickets from the guide for a paid louvre tour tomorrow night and Versailles on Saturday. We also plan to go on an evening seine cruise as the city is all lit up.

Also on the agenda are musee d'orsay, the Eiffel Tower closer up, moulin rouge and the louvre gardens in more detail.

Todays picture is Choccies from belgium which im eating!

Celia (ps; sorry the blog has awful grammar like that last "im". Since I'm typing on a phone it doesn't often so capitals when it should or when it doesn't recognise a foreign word!!!!)