So glad the @1password extension has started working on @FirefoxNightly again 😊
Debut hat-trick? #mufc
I really like the new @premierleague kit font
It’s match day, come on #mufc
Oh how I missed the @premierleague
Days ten and eleven of our #honeymoon.
We started off Friday with another trip to the Louvre. We looked at the medieval foundations to begin. A small exhibition in the museum, but I still learned a lot. I never knew the Louvre started off as a castle to defend Paris. Before becoming a palace for the royals.
Then a stroll around some more sculptures. Including two my parents have bronze busts of sat proudly in their front room.
A trip on the batobus that was too sunny for me and we popped into the Musée d’Orsay again. We shared an excellent salad in the cafe before going to the Impressionist art gallery on the top floor we couldn’t make last time. Some wonderful Monet paintings in there.
Back to the hotel for a rest and another trip to Mian Fam for dinner. Simply great tasting food 🤤.
Saturday was our last proper day in France. We went out to Rouen for a little day trip. A lovely old town in Normandy. If it reminded me of anywhere, it was Chester. An old town with newly developed suburbs.
After Rouen we stayed in the hotel for dinner. I went out on one last walk, this time effectively five stops down the metro line, looking for some ham and cheese to make sandwiches with.
Today was just a flying day and we’re now back in England.
Day nine of our #honeymoon.
Day eight was Disneyland, I’ll write that up later, it was a very busy day. We didn’t get back to the hotel till 1am!
That left us quite tired for Thursday, so we had a big lie in. We got breakfast from the local patisserie again and ate it in the hotel room. We had croissants followed by a chocolate eclair for myself, chouquettes for Sophie.
For the afternoon we headed out to the Champs Elysées. The only shop we actually shopped in was Levi’s, and we didn’t even get jeans 😮
We tried to go to a ramen bar a friend recommended to us, but it had closed for nearly all of August. Is that a French thing or a Paris thing?
So we went to an Oriental deli called Tafa on the same road. It was very tasty, we got several plates of nibbles.
We then went back to the hotel for a rest, and ate dinner in. I headed out to the kiosk round the corner and got us some crepes for dessert.
Days six and seven of our #honeymoon.
Monday was another busy day. I started the day off with another walk in the surrounding area. When both of us were up and ready we headed to the Notre-Dame, this time we’d booked the towers.
Climbing all 387 steps was definitely worth it. The panoramic view was spectacular. The two bells in the tower we saw (Emmanuel and Marie) looked awesome. I wouldn’t like to be in the tower when they rang.
We had lunch at a cafe opposite the Notre-Dame, a simple but tasty French lunch.
Then we went to see Napoleon’s tomb. I know he’s famous, but it’s as though they think of him as a god. It’s a seriously impressive tomb - it is MASSIVE.
Within the army complex there are a number of exhibitions and next door is a war museum. We went to the exhibition about the two world wars, it’s fascinating seeing history from another countries perspective.
We then went to the Arc de Triomphe, or as I found out it’s also called, the Arc de l’Etoile. Another amazing view of Paris. Such a gorgeous city. Another 284 steps up to the top. So that’s the equivalent of 11 flights of stairs so far, but who’s counting.
Finally a McDonalds dinner and back to the hotel.
Tuesday was a bit of a fail day.
We had a big lie in as the last two days had caught up with us.
We took the Mètro out to the edge of Paris, then a bus out to Versailles. Having spent over an hour in the queue and getting less than halfway we decided to bail.
Once back in Paris we thought about to doing the Catacombs. The queue for that scared us away - it encompassed the whole block and into a nearby park - with many who looked as though they’d not moved in a while. We walked back to the hotel and had a little rest watching Jimmy Fallon in the air conditioned comfort.
We spent some time in the hotel, and went out to a local Asian place for dinner, Mian Fan, magnifique. To start we had some hand made pork dumplings, chicken and prawn dumplings, gyoza and crispy prawns. Followed by some noodle dishes that were super tasty. A short walk back to the hotel and we were ready for bed!
But it isn’t all bad. I’m posting this from Disneyland!
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It’s Disneyland day! 😆😆😆
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