Le Paris Diary: Day 2

Day 2: Mardi (Tuesday, you simpleton)

Tuesday we went for breakfast (or more precisely a cold croissant and a stick of bread) then went to the local supermarket to buy some 'Pain au Chocolat' which are gorgeous, especially when they're still warm. We then went shopping round the centre of Paris after a very long walk (well, about an hour but that was calling into shops too). We hit a good time, as nearly every shop had a sale on with 'up to 70% off'. It's not like our english sales where there's one thing that has 70% off and the rest have about 1.3% off, nearly every item was 70% off, with only a few with 50% off. Needless to say Mrs-MaFt bought a bunch of clothes (including a jacket from C&A of all places) and I got erm, nothing... At least I don't think I bought anything.

We got down to the Place de la Concorde which was severely lacking in planes but you could see the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe. So then we went back to some more shops then headed back to the hotel.

After getting changed and putting Mini-MaFt in his ruck-sack thing (great inventions those things) we walked back to the centre to get some food then found a fair ground. This was pretty cool as it had a massive big wheel that was all lit up (it was about 10pm by this time). We all went on the big wheel and you could see right over the Seine and the tower was all flashy too. After some fun at the fair we decided to get a taxi to the tower - bloody glad we did cos it took about 15 minutes in car so it'd have taken a fair while by foot!

When we got to the tower it looked amazing! It was all it up and it was soooo huge! People say that it's just like Blackpool Tower - I have to disagree - it's far bigger and better (even though it is French). The top level closes at 10pm, and seeing as it was 11.30pm we paid the reasonable €7 (about £5) for the lift to the 2nd floor. This was still pretty high and I'm not a big fan of heights... However, the view was amazing and I got some nice photo's of Paris by night and the Seine by using the slow shutter speed on the camera.

We got back to the hotel around midnight and collapsed into bed after getting Mini-MaFt out his bag.

I'll tell you about Disney tomorrow - I'll also try remember to get some photo's sorted to put up.

MaFt