A Weekend in Paris

So Currently I feel like I spend no time in Scotland, and here is why. As seen in a previous blog post I have spent time in Staffordshire and Cardiff, visiting my family, and witnessing Scotland get well and truly beaten at Rugby by the well in Cardiff (it was still a good game though).

This weekend I was slightly further a field than Cardiff I was in Paris, France. Honestly all I can say everyone should get them self a best friend who does a year abroad, because even though it has been 6 months since we last saw each other, I can go and visit her, and ago on crazy adventures in cities, and places which are far away from home :-).

So a little bit of background… Me and Eve have been friends since we were very young, like primary school young, and when she told me she was going on her year abroad, I was excited for her, but also sad because it would mean I wouldn’t see her for a while… however it was kinda pay back fro me disappearing of to America for 6 months of the lat two years (sorry about that 🙂 ), however I also realised that it means I have to go and see her, and this weekend I did!

Friday

I have never been to Paris before, and I am not going to lie I am nervous. I do not speak any French and I am slightly terrified. I arrive at the airport stupidly early, and I sit and do uni work and, and fuel my daily coffee addiction, and then I get on the flight!!

The flight only takes 1 hour and 30 minuets, however it feels like its takes a lot less time. When I arrive in Paris I am so happy to see Eve! She meets me at the airport, and then we go back to her flat! There is a local bakery next to her flat. Once there we get pani’s (I got a salmon one – It was weird but Nice), we then went to the local shopping centre, and had a chilled day.

Saturday

Saturday was slightly more eventful day. I woke up in the morning and decided to go for a wonder. I decided that it would be a good idea to attempt to walk the 1 hour and 45 minuet walk to the Notre Dame, well lets just say it was not, I did not make it. I decided half way through that because of the rain, and the fact I was meeting Eve, I decided to go else where, so I did ended up at Panthéon, which was so pretty. During my walk I realised just how beautiful this city s even when it was raining.

After I eventually got back to the flat, Me Eve, and her friends went for a MacDonalds. I know it is a small thing but when ever I am travelling to a different country I like to try food you would not get at home, so when at MacDonalds I had:

Potato Wedges
Chicken Wings

I don’t really eat MacDonalds, so I was pleasantly surprised by this, however it doesn’t mean I will be rushing back to the fast food chain soon.

Sunday

Sunday was one of the best days I had when I was away. Before I had left Eve and I had decided to book tickets to go and see the Spanish Singer Enrique Iglesias. Now heres a small bit of background to why this had been decided.

Eve loves Enrique Iglesias, I can tolerate his music, but I would not say I am a huge fan, or so I thought, until I went to this concert, and it turns out… I am a Enrique Iglesias Fan!!.

This concert was one of the best concerts I had been to in a long time. We arrived at the venue 4 hours before it started in order to get the best standing position possible. It was freezing standing outside of this venue, as it was raining however we managed it, and we eventually got to see Enrique. When his support act came one, everyone was very under welled, however when the actual show started it was amazing!! He played all of his most known songs, and it turns out that there many songs by him, which I was unaware which were performed by him. He performed songs such as El Bano, Hero, Duele El Corazon and Move To Miami.

Monday

Monday was my last day in Paris and my day to be a tourist. Luckily staying with your best. friend who happene’s to know there way around Paris very well has its perks, we managed to do the sights in a day, jumping on and off the metro.