Parisian love - day 1

(actually day one and two, but since we arrived so late on our first day I'm counting our first full day as day number one) I know I promised to post this within a couple of days, but I'm lazy, OK? Good. Glad we got that out of the way and can focus on the task; writing the post about Paris. We went to Paris on the 8th of May/Connor's 21st/our 3 year anniversary. By the time we got to the Hotel it was so late that we just wandered down the street, grabbed some Chinese food and ate it in the hotel. Our Hotel was in the street next to Moulin Rouge and was nice and cosy.

A long and good night sleep in a hotel room that was just a bit too warm later, we wandered up to Sacré-Cœur. We lived in Montmarte so it was only about a 5 minute walk up there. The stairs up to the church is murder on the legs, but the view is oh so worth it. I would really recommend going up there rather than spending time and money on the Eiffel tower. Especially if you're on a budget. 

The metro was close by so we got on it and took it to Notre Dame. We wandered all the way from Notrea Dame to the Eiffel tower. It might not seem like much, but on the way there is so much to see and do that by the time we got to the Eiffel tower we had to sit down and chill for a while. It's hard trying to tell you about all the things we saw and did, simply because there was so much of it. 

At night we went to visit some distant relatives of mine. Claire-Jane and her husband Eric. We had a lovely meal and even got to meet her brother and a lovely little french boy who spoke English with a strong Birmingham accent. The meal was more than lovely actually. It blew me away. At night Claire-Jane and Eric took us for a ride around Paris and showed us a lot more than we would have been able to see without the car. I am so glad I got to know some of my French relatives. I have heard a lot of stories about them, so it was really nice to actually meet them. 

I'll write about the other two and a half days later. Knowing me it might be a week or so until I finally get around to it.