2 weekends ago, South African Emma and I decided to go on one of the Sandeman's Free Walking Tours of Paris (side note: since then, I also did London and Dublin. If you ever have a short amount of time in a city, I definitely recommend these tours- they're walking tours between 2-4 hours long and cover all the highlights of a city). It was great! It was a lot of stuff I've seen on my own in Paris already, but it gave a lot more background info and fun facts.
After the tour, we decided to go to LaDuree, which is a fancy bakery in Paris. It's actually the most famous one for macaroons, the french version of which are COMPLETELY different from what we consider macaroons. They're these small, cookie sandwich-ish things with a layer of a jelly-ish thing in the middle. I realize I've painted a very specific picture with my description but here's a real photograph to better explain:
Later that night, we went to see the Eiffel Tower all lit up. On the way we also made a stop at the spot where Princess Di died in her car accident- a little morbid but it's also where there's a statue of the flame from the Statue of Liberty.
Finally we made it to the Champ de Mars to watch the Eiffel Tower all lit up!
Ok, I can see why some french people might see it as a LITTLE tacky, but I personally love it! Also I just realized that we're actually in this picture- that's me and Genevieve, but we're a little hard to see.
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