12/07-14/07
So, on our topdeck
tour, our first stop was Paris. This was my third time in Paris but I
can tell you that it just gets better with every visit! When we
arrived we had a driving tour of the city and then we all sat infront
of the Eiffel tower and watched the light show with a bottle of
champagne. I think it's safe to say that was the best ever
birthday-eve I've ever had!
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| Me and my tent buddy Carin (she was from South Africa and absolutely hilarious) |
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| The first ever photo of La Familia!! |
The next day we were
let loose to explore the city, so a group of us went off to see what
we would find. Our plan was to go to the Eiffel tower and see if we
could go up it, but when we got there and saw the length of the
lines, we quickly ditched that idea. Instead we headed to the Arch de
Triumph and went up there to get a view of the city (o personally
think it's better because you get to see the Eiffel tower, whereas if
you go up the Eiffel tower you don't get to see it) and because I had
the golden ticket – my british passport- I got to go up for free!
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| Me and Maia sitting near where Princess Diana's infamous crash happened.. |
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| I risked my life to get this photo. French drivers are not patient when it comes to tourists... |
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| This guy (?) cracked me up. There's no other reason this photo was taken |
After that we walked
along the Champs Elysée and did a lot of window shopping in Louis
Vuitton and other stores that my Gappie budget wouldn't quite stretch
for..
After wandering
around for a good couple of hours (and clocking up 14km) we stopped
for some ice-cream and water before heading back to the Eiffel tower
to go on our bike tour of the city!
We got our bikes and
headed off into the city, which at first I was terrified about
because french people drive on the other side of the road from
English people and I was certain I would forget and go on the wrong
side of the road. But thankfully that didn't happen because our guide
was awesome and didn't ket any of us idiot tourists injure ourselves!
I think the French
knew we were there because outside the Hotel d'invalids there was a
big parade thing going on (apparently it was for the Mexicn president
but I like to think it was for us), and then there was also this big
parade of horses, like literally hunderds of them and I don't know
what they were for, so I claimed it was a birthday present for me!
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I also almost got run over taking this photo    |
After the bike tour
it was dinner time, and my god it was the best birthday dinner i've
ever had; it was a picnic dinner infront of the Eiffel tower, with
frogs legs and everything!
The crew had even
got me a birthday cake!
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| I mean how's that for a dinner view? |
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| Me trying frogs legs. I actually quite liked them! |
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| Quite a birthday feast they laid on right! |
After the dinner we
had a night cruise along the river and we all had a great time! I'm
not sure we all took in the surroundings as much as we should have
because we were all laughing so much at random things but it was a
great cruise!
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| woah there artsy photography! (i tried really hard so please ooooh and aaaaah at it :) |
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| Me and Stacey and some random building behind us |
After the cruise we
returned to the camp and while I was cleaning my teeth Paris let off
a massive fireworks display for my birthday! It may have actually
been for Bastille Day which was the day after, but once again I
claimed it for myself...
And so there we have
it! Our first post of the load yet to come so stay patient (please)
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