Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Day 1

Greetings from Paris! I made it here safely, albeit sleep deprived but that is to be expected and was overcome by my excitement of being in my favorite city in the world!  I landed this morning and was at my apartment by 10, dropped off my bags and headed out to explore!  In the 5 minutes I spent in the apartment before heading out, I failed to notice that there was no computer... So that was not the best discovery when I got back tonight. Womp womp. But you know what, I am in Paris so I am going to try to not sweat the little stuff. It just means I won't be posting as often as I normally would as posting from my phone SUCKS! This is the one time I have wished I had an iPad...

Anyways, back to the post at hand! This is what I was up to today!!

One of the first 'landmarks' I spotted, besides the Notre Dam was this famous book store!  I wanted to get some fresh air today so didn't pop in but I intend to before my trip is over!


I spent a lot of time today just wandering the streets of my neighborhood. Even the most 'ordinary' streets are beautiful, in my opinion.  I just love the narrow, winding streets of Paris. They are so charming!

I mean, even their metro signs are charming!!


In the afternoon, I rested my feet for a bit and treated myself to a cafe creme and 2 caramel macarons which were so good! I think the eating of macarons will be part of my daily routine!

After I was properly fueled with caffeine, I went for a long walk along the Seine. I will never tire of these views!!



That mostly sums up how I spent day one. I am eating in tonight as I am pretty worn out since I got less than 2 hours of sleep on the flight so will call it an early night. Tomorrow I plan to do a walking tour of the St. Germaine and then I have Thanksgiving dinner plans in the evening. And I am going to hopefully find an Internet cafe as posting on my phone is definitely not something I want to do again. So if you don't see another post from me, that is the reason. If the recaps have to wait until after the trip then so be it!

Au revoir for now!!



9 comments:

Becky said...

Ahhhh! What great photos! Happy Thanksgiving my friend!!! Eat some macaroons for me!

Amber @ A Little Pink in the Cornfields said...

How amazing!! I am so glad you landed safely and are enjoying yourself!! Happy Thanksgiving, friend!!!

Amber said...

Wow you posted all this from your phone? Well done!!

Can't wait to hear how your Thanksgiving dinner was! So glad you met some people to spend it with!

Stephany said...

So happy you made it safely to Paris and are having a great time! So awesome you have people to spend Thanksgiving with! Yay!

K @ TS said...

Ug. I hate posting from my phone! I am glad you are having a good time! I love the view from along the Seine and it looks like the weather there is beautiful!

Kelly (She Wears a Red Sox Cap) said...

So I was totally aware you were going to post from your France blog but I don't have it in my reader so I forgot until this morning and then I was like YIKES I have to catch up, so here I am.

Your first day looks amazing and the perfect way to beat jet lag :)

Jeanie said...

Wow. I'm in heaven just reading this! Do you have Trader Joe in Charlotte? They have pretty respectable French macarons. Not the real deal, but they'll do!

Jen Feeny said...

Shakespeare's!!! Loved that place, I hope you went back. (Just now reading your recaps as I don't have this blog in my reader. I was all "where are her Paris recaps!?!?!")

I think having a macaron a day is required when there.

I am so unbelievably excited to read the rest of your trip recaps now!

Nilsa @ SoMi Speaks said...

I'm finally catching up on your Paris posts. I think that's one of the things I love about exploring new cities (in general, but definitely abroad): their everyday streets are often the most interesting places to visit, more so than the big famous strips!