Paris 10 Ancien - Quartier Faubourg-Saint-Germain

Paris is so nice!! I have no idea what everyone's been complaining about everything's clean, nothing smells, there's no crazy or homeless people and I've felt totally safe the entire time. We caught an overnight bus here from Amsterdam and arrived at 7am. We quickly dropped our stuff off at the hostel and then got breakfast at a bakery. I got a raisin snail and a pain de chocolat which were both super flakey and buttery, I was so happy. We ate our pastries outside a Cafe and chilled there for a good 30 minutes while we settled in. While we were eating I noticed a lot of the girls here wear their blush really weird, they're all going for a super rosey cheek look but it kinda looks like a little kid did it for them ahaha. After breakfast we went into the city center to check out the museum d'orsay. We chose this over the Louvre because it has lots of Vincent van gogh and also I was pretty keen on going to the place they went in doctor who that time. Honestly we were probably a bit too sleep deprived for the museum, it was a bit of a slog to get through it all but it was worth it for the van gogh stuff coz that was sick. For lunch we got some baguettes and more pain de chocolats and then went to see the eiffel tower. I think its time I finally accept that I'm scared of heights because walking up the eiffel tower stairs was terrifying. We didn't take the lift all the way to the top because it was super expensive but the view from halfway was still awesome. After the eiffel tower we walked to the Arc de triamphe and then went home for a quick nap. For dinner we went to a super busy restaurant that our salt mine friend in krakow recommended. We had to line up for an hour to get in but the food was really nice so it was worth the wait. The highlights of the meal were definitely the snails and red wine which were both so delicious. The snails tasted exactly like gnocchi, I'm going to try and see if I can get them in Perth coz they'd be a great vegetarian option to put in pasta or salads. The restaurant didn't sell frog legs so after we finished our snails and wine we went to another one that did. The second restaurant was pretty fancy amd super expensive but we were a bit drunk at this point so money was no object. The frogs legs were outstanding, even better than the snails, they were so buttery and garlicy and just fell off the bone. One thing that's been a constant gripe for us on this trip is that restaursnts never give us enough bread with our food but this one kept refilling our basket which made us super happy. We were so grateful for the bread decided to stay a while and order some french cheeses for dessert, which was also amazing too. At this point in the night we were really feeling the Paris spirit and were super in love with the city so we went to see the eiffel tower and Arc de triamphe again. We were super lucky because we got to the eiffel tower only 10 minutes before they shut the lights off for the night, it was such a nice view seeing the Paris lights behind the tower im so happy we decided to make the journey.
The next morning we went to the same bakery as the day before but got baguettes which tasted amazing and then quickly checked out the sacred heart basilica before heading off to the airport. Also have to mention I got a hot choc at a Cafe while we waited for the shuttle to the airport and it cost me $10!?!?!Read more