Paris - the city of love?

Paris started off with a bit of a glitch. After walking the streets of Highgate in London at 3am, we eventually gave up on the night bus and caught a cab to the Eurostar station. A few hours later we arrived in Paris.

Our hostel - the Auberge - is best described as basic. We had a four bed dorm and shared it with a variety of people over our three nights. Our first day in Paris we climbed the Notre Dame towers, and went into the Cathedral itself. We spent the afternoon in the Lourve and got the mandatory photo of the Mona Lisa.

The next morning we got up early to beat the queues to the Eiffel Tower, but the Metro got the better of us and we ended up taking a tiki tour to the outskirts of Paris. When we finally made it to the tower we opted for the shorter queue which meant we were taking the stairs. The view was worth the climb. We walked underneath the crazy chaotic roundabout to reach the Arc de triomphe and then carried on down the Champs-Elysees. That afternoon we caught the metro out to Montmartre to see the Moulin Rouge, Sacre-Coeur and the set of the film Amélie.

Paris turned on the rain for day three, so we spent much of it wandering around the city visiting Saturday markets, Pompidou Centre and the Pere-Lachaise Cemetary where Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison and Chopin are burried. After it got dark we went back to the Eiffel Tower at night. It turned out Obama was visiting that night for the DDAY 65th anniversary, so Paris put on a show with twinkle lights all over the tower.

Today we caught the bus to Brussels, and have treated ourselves to a pot of mussels and fries - Belgium´s national dish. Next stop is Belgian chocolate!