Oui Oui Paree

This is my tenth time to Paris, and I must say the best time I have ever experienced in Paris. To actually visit the city of love with your love makes this romantic city so much more than just a touristy cliché that we all know Paris to be.

We arrived into Paris mid afternoon and found our new home for the next 5 days. We stayed with Caroline, a French fashion designer that we found advertised that she was renting her spare room in her small Montmarte apartment. She was so lovely from the beginning and so was her cute little Parisian decorated apartment. She came with many recommendations for small local jaunts to eat and drink to places to shop and find some true bargains.

Now writing this entry I have realised that majority of our time spent in Paris was spent eating and tasting as much culinary delights as we possibly could!
We found ourselves on day one, sipping a Bordeaux and eating steak tartare at a local restaurant in Montmarte and compiling a list of must do’s whilst in Paris.

THE LIST OF MUST DO’S
- Louvre
- Eat Macaroons and drink Veuve
- Naomi to have a makeup makeover
- Try Foi Gras
- Visit a choclaterie
- Drink short black’s and eat pastries for breakfast
- Buy some sexy lingerie (for Naomi!)
- Drink Sherry
- Eat Brulle daily
- Eat Crepe’s on the street
- Visit Paris’s oldest ice creamery
- Eat a flan
- Eat Croque Monsieur
- Eat Snails

We succeeded in completing the majority of the list!

I think the highlight of the whole Paris experience was our last day - Naomi’s birthday. We checked out of our small Montmarte apartment and thus started the day of surprises and spoils.
We jumped onto the metro and, all Naomi knew of was that we were checking into a special hotel. She had no idea where it was. We jumped of the train at Saint Michel, Naomi still none the wiser to where we were. The excitement jumping out of her, we emerged from the metro to be welcomed by a view of the Notre Dame. We walked across the road to our hotel, funny enough named Hotel Notre Dame! We checked into our designer boutique room with the most amazing view. We felt as though we could touch one of the many gargoyles sprouting from the magnificent building.

We walked to the Champs Elysee to get a selection of Macaroons from the famous patisserie Laudree and a bottle of Veuve to enjoy whilst looking at our romantic view. We had dinner at a recommendation from Jodie my sister, Hotel Nord – Do try and find next time your in Paris. The food was amazing and I would probably have to say the best meal in Paris. We started with Foi Gras and caramelised onion chutney with a hard crusty baguette, and a roast pumpkin brulle with blue cheese wafers, which was out of this world! For mains we had a steak with Béarnaise and French potatoes, and desert was finished with a chocolate cheesecake mess!!

Overall our Paris experience was an amazing, magic time and we wouldn’t change anything. Next years birthdays and birthdays to come are going to be a hard one to top!