Post one of many on Paris- day 1

Here are the first images of one of the best holidays I have ever had! in a wonderful city called Paris.

I am going to struggle to describe the atmosphere (very bohemian and relaxed), the different style of fashion (quite simple, yet chic- it's not what they wear, but how they wear it!), the wonderful role music plays in the city life (it's everywhere, from metros to street corners), the old buildings and monuments (you can feel history come alive), their bikes system (which I find amazing and which allowed us to get to know the city much better than any other before) and last but not least the food (croissants and baguettes that really melt in your mouth, as well as yummy cheese and hams).

My first Eurostar experience was impecable coming from the UK and 2 hours late coming back, as the online system was down on the French side. Minus one point for the French! :) We travelled very very cheap on £53 return. And it took us from the heart of London straight to the heart of Paris. Beats planes any day, especially because it only takes 2 hours.

During day 1 we just murdered one turist objective after the other...starting with..Notre Dame.

Beautiful and famous gothic cathedral that was finished in 1345...

...and that inspired many stories, including that of Quasimodo, whom we found having coffee at one of the coffee shops down the street (hahahahaha).

From the Ile the la Cite, which is the island in the middle of the Seine, where Notre Dame ''lives'', you can see one of my other favourite buildings: The Conciergerie, which was a prison that held some famous people before their deaths during the French Revolution.

Next we cycled our way...

(The bike system they have is awesome. There are bike racks every 400m in the city center and it only costs you one Euro for a day pass. If you put it back before 30 min you are charged nothing, after 30 min it's 1 EUR, after 60 min, 7 EUR, and so on. So less than 30 min is very do-able. The only bad side is that they block a guarantee of 150 EUR, in case you don't bring the bike back and it may take a while before your money is unblocked- since we are talking about banks in different countries...)

...and we got to the next point of attraction: the George Pompidou Center, which hosts the National Modern Art Museum, one of the most impressive collections of modern art in the world.

...And guess who else I found there...

Soon we were on to the next big thing...the heart of Paris...one of the best places to be in...the Montmartre hill...
...home to the Sacre Coeur...a very very beautiful white church....


...from where you get an awesome view...

...and also home to some of the most expensive coffee places...overlooking some of the most beautiful squares, where all the artists gather to paint idilic scenes of Paris or portraits of the passers-by.

Here ladies with beautiful voices play strange instruments and sing Edith Piaf...

...your eye indulges on small coffee places...

...shops....

and art.

And as we went down, because it was in the neighbourhood...we had to drop by...none other than: The Moulin Rouge....

...where we thought to practise a bit of Can-Can...

and failed... but at least it was fun :). (TO BE CONTINUED)