Paris in the Sun

Paris,Paris, Paris. I thought I wasn’t going to be one of the basic girls who loves and is obsessed with Paris but boy was I wrong. That city was absolutely amazing and I’m heartbroken that I only got to see it for one day. The four hour drive from Antwerp was well worth it. We started the day walking up a hill to a church with the best view of the city. Let me tell ya, you could see everything. From there we walked through little alley ways and side streets to see adorable houses and flower boxes with painters and locals sitting outside. Baguettes and crepes galore. Once we left that little area it was off to see all the main sights. First, we headed to the arch de triomphe. While we are there I realized how big the city actually is. The roads are huge and are basically just giant road-abouts with no lanes. Picture the Lizzie McGuire movie when she is riding on the moped with Paulo. Then we headed down champs elysees. Beautiful, huge, french buildings with 4 story shops like Gucci, Louis Vitton, Addias (quick plug), and a ton of restaurants. Next stop, The Louvre. The gardens here were unbelievably big just like the actually building. It was crazy to think that one family use to live in that whole building; talk about having huge ragers. Next, Notre Dame. Again, huge and beautiful. The flowers outside where goergous and the perfect place for a photo op. 10/10, highly recommend it. Then we traveled by subway to the main event: the Eiffel Tower. I know I keep saying everything here is huge but geez the Eiffel Tower is bigger than I could have ever imagined. It was honestly a surreal moment seeing it and it was then that it finally hit me that I was in Paris (only took all day). Of course we had to go up the tower. There was such a long line and it probably ended up being a 2 hour wait but hey, why travel all the way to Paris and not go up. The culmination of the day came at the end. To me, it was the perfect ending to Paris: listening to Paris in the Rain while having dinner in the grass by the Eiffel Tower (shoutout to Lauv). I had been waiting to play that song in Paris since December when I put it on my 6 month goals list. It was a great moment to finally do it and I think it wrapped up this amazing day trip perfectly. For now, Paris has been by favorite day so far and I can’t wait until the day I get to go back. Merci beaucoup