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[READ ME] Yes, I spent [the above] and had the time of my life! As soon as we got to Paris Nord station via EuroStar, we set off on the journey to find our hotel, and discovered that it was only a 10 minute drive away from the Station. Our hotel was named Hotel Élysées Union, and we were able to view the Eiffel tower from the window and the entire street, which was too awesome! The hotel was beautiful from the inside and I fell in love with it immediately, including its location; the streets were so ambient when we arrived, even though we were literally minutes away from Trocadéro (Eiffel Tower and neighbouring buildings) . On day one, we relaxed a bit at the hotel before we set off in our adventure to Troc. I tell you, never have I seen so many people in one space at any given time, IT WAS PACKED. It was almost like they were performing a pilgrimage to see this beautiful structure and to be honest, I'm not surprised why; it is simply stunning. Having said that, I have been to Paris and France quite a few times (6 or 7) but it just gets better and better; as if it gets more beautiful everytime, wonderful! On the way, we discovered what I found to be the best pizza I had ever tasted, from a place called Speed Rabbit Pizza (quite a discerning name but it sure didnt taste of rabbit, so don't panic! ;D) I definitely recommend it if you come to Paris! Lovely stuff, same with the shop-baked crisp baguettes from the patisserie! So nostalgic! :D Day two was a day to be spent mostly down the Champs-Élysées, the home of the world famous Tour De France. We took a taxi to the shop-packed streets and then stopped roughly halfway down the two mile long (roughly?) road...... BAD BAD idea! We ended walking what felt like ages to reach the Arc de Triomph at the end of the road after shopping. I certainly slept well that night; so so painful on the feet and legs but we had fun! We spent half an hour taking photos etc when we found that everyone suddenly started gathering towards the very edge of the street, so we went to see what was going on. It turns out the French athletes of the London 2012 olympics were due to be paraded around the Arc and we took full opportunity to see them arrive. They did, and in amazing big blue open-top buses, waving and flaunting their massive medals, treasures of the games. It was fantastic to see them, and I'm pretty sure I got caught on some of the newspapers and media shots as I was one of the people at the very front taking pictures of them arriving, so look out for me on French TV! Lol! It only makes me wonder what our British celebrations consisted of back home! Even better, I'd imagine! :D Day three was much more a day where we were getting set to return home, but we did spend time in a taxi spinning around Notre Dame etc before we returned to the Paris Nord station to head back home. This was by far one of THE best holiday experiences of my life; normally i'm not too keen on travel, especially if I haven't really had experience of the language or sites etc, but this time was amazing. I guess I just really needed a holdiay! ;D The people were amazingly helpful, everybody spoke English even though I did my best to flaunt my French (broken French is better of a phrase to describe my linguistic skills ;F) the streets were beautiful, and everything was just amazing! I really look forward to going back again, and urge you to as well. PS. Apologies for making my holiday insight a holiday essay! :D xxx

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