Mei *hearts* Paris

Jon and I were recently in Paris for a short holiday. Well, it wasn't too short actually. We were in Paris for a week, but one week's too short to do Europe... So we only managed to go to France and perhaps, leave the other places for some other time. Honeymoon perhaps??

 

It was a terribly longggg flight from Melbourne to Charles de Gaulle, Paris. But I guess the excitement of being there was greater than anything else, that I wasn't too tired even after 24 hours of flying! Crazy!!

We arrived in the morning, and decided to take the express train into the city for breakfast, since we couldn't check in to the hotel as yet. 

The weather was so cold and gloomy when we arrived! I guess they were right when they said Paris was having a bad winter this year! It was a mere 3 degrees when we touched down that morning, and on top of that, it was drizzling too!! Arghhh, hate bad weather!

But nothing stops me from enjoying Paree, the city of loveee...

First stop was Notre Dame Cathedral~! It was majestic! Huge, with beautiful architecture. It was really quite amazing seeing it in person. Captivating, just like in the movies... It's no wonder Paris is always featured in movies :D 

We walked around for awhile, but then the tiredness was starting to hit us, after being in the plane for more than a day! So we decided to head back to the hotel, check in and catch some snooze. 

Woke up late afternoon / evening, and got ready to explore more of beautiful Paris! We also met up with some of Jon's friend / ex-colleague who came to pick us up in his new BMW 5 Series to have dinner near Chateau Chantilly. Too bad I didn't snap any pic of the majestic piece of architecture. Plus, it was dark anyways...

We dined in a Michelin Star restaurant that night! :) Food was really yummy, but the only trouble we had, was with the menu. Everything was in French, and the waitresses only spoke French! OMG!! Thank God for Jon's friend who had to painstakingly translate the menu to us, so we could order :P Thanks, Gary!

I ordered the seared scallops as my entree. I can't tell you what the rest of the stuff are, because I couldn't read the menu. But it was good though :) Yummsss~!! 

My main was the duck (Canard in French) which was very tender, cooked just to perfection!! MmMm.... Not buttery at all, like most other French cuisine~! Loved it! 

There were ducks quacking outside the restaurant, and intermittently, they would kinda scream, and everyone on the table looked suspiciously at each other, fearing that they have captured the ducks and slaughtered them right there! 

And then Jon exclaimed "Well, at least we know it'll be really fresh". (-.-)

I can't even recall what my dessert was, partly because I didn't really know in the first place. But everyone gobbled down their food and licked their plates clean, which says quite alot I guess. 

We then wound down and chatted over cups of coffees and teas :) Check out the cutesy sugars! Sooo pretty!! :D 

Gary then drove us back to the hotel via the motorway, after coming through the scenic route, and getting lost a couple of times. Tee hee. Thought it was pretty nice of him to come down all the way from Brussels with his wife, and staying the night in Paris, to catch up. But then again, I guess they'd enjoy a little getaway too :) 

That pretty much summed up our first day in Paris. Weather was horrible, but never-the-less, I had a good time!