Our Italian adventure begins...
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After almost a year of planning we are finally on our way, ready to start our nine week Italian adventure. Suitcases are packed and checked in and there is nothing left to do except to enjoy the time Czytaj więcej
After almost a year of planning we are finally on our way, ready to start our nine week Italian adventure. Suitcases are packed and checked in and there is nothing left to do except to enjoy the time Czytaj więcej
After a long journey including an extremely uncomfortable train ride (who knew you could fit so many people in one train carriage) we finally found our accommodation for the first leg of our trip. And Czytaj więcej
We had great plans to celebrate my birthday with a very Parisian dinner, however that was not to be. We were so tired that when the alarm went off, we just rolled over and went back to sleep.
So we Czytaj więcej
After getting hopelessly lost trying to find our first destination we ended up at the Pantheon, five minutes from where we are staying. This might not have been first on our agenda today but what a Czytaj więcej
After endless wandering we finally found what was meant to be our first stop for the day - Church of Saint-Sulpice. This is the second largest church in Paris and was built in 1646. While it has the Czytaj więcej
Next stop was the famous Luxembourg Gardens. We entered the gardens from the side gate and, to be honest, were not that impressed to start off with. The pathways were dusty gravel and you obviously Czytaj więcej
After a very busy morning getting lost and walking for what felt like ages, we headed back to our room to rest our feet for a bit before heading to the famous Catacombs of Paris.
This time we Czytaj więcej
Next on our busy itinerary was the Sacre Coeur Basilica. We somehow managed to manoeuver our way by Metro, and a very, very steep climb to the Sacre Coeur Basilica, a church located at the top of the Czytaj więcej
Not too far from the Sacre Coeur Basilica is Place du Terte. This was recommended in a few online travel guides but I do think it is now too touristy - yes, an ironic statement coming from a tourist. Czytaj więcej
Final destination for the day was to see the Moulin Rouge and photograph the famous red windmill. Moulin Rouge has been a long-time favourite movie of mine so it was great to see the structure in real Czytaj więcej