Paris!

First of all I want to say thank you to the blogger behind 'Oh Happy Day'. There is a fantastic section on Paris, where to go, things to do etc and I based the majority of my trip on these must see places and am so glad I did - so thank you Oh Happy Day! You can check out the blog by following the link below.

http://ohhappyday.com/

http://ohhappyday.com/category/paris

I have to say that second time round Paris was everything I had originally thought it would be and more. Last year we had 24 hours on the bus tour to run around the city and see all the sites before we jumped on board and continued on and to be honest I had no real desire to go back because I thought it was over-rated.... this is one of rare times that I will happily admit how wrong I was! Now that I am working for Daks I have to travel to Paris twice a year for market research (I know, what a hassle aye??) and to visit Premiere Vision (I will talk about this in my next entry) so I am definitely going to start learning French! I went a few days before the rest of my team to have a mini break and do some extra research - of course I was full of cold by day two, I always seem to get sick when I go away! 

You can't quite describe the 'wow' factor of when the Eiffel Tower first comes into view - we have grown up seeing pictures of these iconic European landmarks but seeing them in real life is just a whole other experience - its literally breath taking. Last time I was there I didn't walk up and this time I did... 670 steps later... it wasn't as bad as I thought and Im so glad I walked up it! Of course the views from the top were great, would love to see the view on a summers day so may hike back up in September... I had to head back to the Louvre as it is one of my favourite buildings in Europe and its crazy to think that the last photo of me there the sun was shining and I was in my summer clothes but this time round I was wrapped up more than ever (yes, I am wearing ear muffs but its totally normal in Europe to do so haha!) and the water had frozen over! Was pretty cool to see it in different seasons!