Friday, August 27, 2010

skylines make me happy [part 1]

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When your childhood is filled with toddling round cavernous concrete architectural museums, you get a bit wistful. Its a strange thing to be jealous of a giant bobble head mouse, but I am. 

Our holidays for the past few years have all been in driving distance, I could never complain about the English coast, freckles, Cornish ice-cream and crabbing, but I have been hungering for something foreign. 

And Paris (french pronunciation if you please) is just the place to quench those exotic needs.
A day by day account is the only way to justify a beautiful city, it just  can't be condensed!

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Day 1

The City of Romance is a beautiful place, but the journey there is butt ugly. Being the idiot I am, I decided to bring my body weight in clothes. Case + Clogs + London Underground = Face plant galore. I'm sure it would have been entertaining to watch, but two very kind men offered to carry my case, on two separate occasions. The kind gentlemen still exists! Tehe 

I've been to Paris once before, but never by Eurostar. I really dislike the Eurostar. It made me spill my tea. 
So to pass the 2 hour journey, Tilly, Inigo and I partook in a pose off, resulting in 200 photo of us trying to look like Unicorns, Tyra Banks and 198 other persons.

Our apartment was gorgeous. Beautifully bohemian, my dad's nightmare, but with piles of Vogue, Harper's Bazar and Tatler lines the walls, it was paradise

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Day 2

Montmartre being just a few steps from our apartment, we whisked our selves away to the Pompidou centre et Les Halles. The queues were horrific, and it acted more like a shelter from the torrential rain than anything. After browsing the gift shop and finding the Diana camera I had been hankering after, I was locked in the weighty debate as to wetaher or not to blow all of my saved euros. I desisted, leaving the shop empty handed but still with a full purse. Y'all should be trés proud of me. Te he

We dived straight into french cuisine and after the rain had stopped we ventured into a small cafe for a crepe. Yom yom, hehe is how is should be described. Tres delish. And lovingly accompanied by the cafe's black cat. 

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Day 3 

We delved deeper into Paris, this time visiting La Fayette, a large shopping center, mainly to lovingly stare at all the clothes, but also to marvel at the breathtaking roof. It was day three and I still hadn't spotted a stylish Parisian, sadly La Fayette didn't yield. We moved on from the store walking past the National Academy. This would be the point where I realized that Paris was full of naked statues. No not just full, bursting. 

We carried on and the rain thankfully let up allowing us to pass through towards the Louvre. It really is a moment where you have to put everything down and just walk and absorb. Passing through the arch and the Louvre's triangular structure erupt from the ground and drive up into the sky is quite fantastic. After frolicking in the courtyard and being appropriately tourist we traveled on, passing through the gardens with the views of the Tour Eiffel in the distance.

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Day 4 

I burnt my tongue on a snail. I think I can safely say that I am probably the only person to ever say that. I can also tick off number 33 on my bucket list, as I have chomped down on a mollusc. And they are delicious. Oh my goodness I love them so much! Haha.  Today we went exploring south of the river, popping our heads into little boutiques and dining on French cuisine, hence the snails. 

Sadly I had no luck with finding a purchase, but I did find a wonderful Desigual shop where I chatted with the man behind the counter about street fashion and good areas of Paris. We then crossed the Seine onto one of its islands, in search of Notre Dame. Following the crowds (always a good thing to do) we so found her, reaching up into the sky impressively and boating a large queue to boot. Mum, being from queue loving England jumped into the queue and we soon gained entry. I'm not amazingly religious but I found the spiritual presence of the place breathtaking, the stained glass and cavernous roof was just outstanding. My brother, not being at all religious (not eating snails is supposedly his) was quick to spot all naked and or headless statues. Thankyou Inigo.


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So those were the first four days of my trip. I'm sensing a photo overload, to give y'all eyes a break I'll upload part 2 of this post of epic length before you can say 'Cornish pasties'. Well maybe a little longer. Hehe


xox Eve-Rei


your love and comments are little sweet little french poodles dyed a candy floss pink


Have a favourite day? Any other snail related problems? Or an explanation as to where all the fashionable people went? Do tell me!


16 comments:

  1. When I went to Paris it was at Christmas (we went with the school - big mistake!) So La Fayette was filled with massive pink parcels on strings and there was this ENORMOUS pink Christmas tree filling most of the room. It was amazing. I hope you had a great time!! I love all your outfits, especially the one with the grey cardigan <3!!!!

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  2. I'm so jealous - I've never been to Paris! You're pictures look so lovely! xxxx

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  3. looks such fun and your leopardprint shorts are soo adorable!
    xx

    ps.if you want a diana camera there is a really good lomography shop on Carnaby Street with loads of different designs!

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  4. What lovely photography!Ahhh it's hard to type, kitten keeps jumping onto the keyboard -_- I guess those snails really came back with a vengeance, even in their afterlife haha! When we were in Cannes every woman seemed to be going round with little black dogs and louis vuitton, maybe you should have a look there x

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  5. can't wait for part 2. love all the photos. such a sight for the eyes.

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  6. Lovely pictures, this looks so exciting! Love your blog (:
    x

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  7. Love your last outfit!! Your pictures are awesome too!

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  8. your parisian adventure sounds like it was a lot of fun :)

    i just did it, by the way, the dip dye. I did the ends blonde, and i may do them even blonder, but i'm really happy with it, it was so easy! I followed the instructions on this blog:

    http://www.llymlrs.com/2010/08/how-to-diy-ombre-hair_06.html

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  9. Gorgeous blog post : )
    looking forward to part duex, ha ha.
    x s

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  10. i absolutely love travelling and am currently overwhelmed with jealousy! (: i love your posts, and your outfits. now following (:

    rena.

    come by sometime?

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  11. Wow, thankyou all for the comments, tehe this may take me a while :)

    Hehe thankyou Killersfan, I went with school before, maybe thats why they whole time I had my teachers voice in my head going 'Watch out for Perverts, Pickpockets and Pedofiles!' not good!

    Thankyou Georgia, it was so fun, and a good place to try out my french :)

    Oo Barbara, thanks for the tip, I'll be sure to check it out when I next go up to town. Sadly I can no longer wear them, my pink hair clashes horribly :(

    Oo Anna I know what you mean, I have kitten related keyboard problem too, sadly Meme now knows the delete key, probably from me crying out in pain everytime she presses it :D I'd love to go to Cannes, that's next on my list :)

    xxxx

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  12. Part 2s up and a'running Hannah, enjoy :D

    It was Skyline Eyes! And thankyou, you have a really great blog too!

    Te he, oh Katie you're very sweet

    Hi five Annie! Paris is such an amazing city, its now number one in my very short list :)

    Me too Zo! I did it with temporary stuff first so me and my mum could work out length and she could get her hear around it, and then I'm going permanent tonight, gosh I think school might hold me down and cut my head off, but oh well. You must post pictures soon! I'd love love love to see it!

    xxxxx

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  13. And the same to you too RED, its good to see you back and blogging.

    Anonymous thankyou! I've just posted it now, hope you like it :)

    Oh I'm following you too Moonchild, you're blog is just my cup of tea. Te he, its usually me whos the one getting jealous, all my friends get to go to places like Kuala Lumpur, America and Antarctica, but I think Paris kicks some big city ass!

    xxx

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  14. oh, eve-rei, these photographs are simply beautiful! it looks like you had such a good time on the eurostar and your apartment is a-m-a-z-i-n-g! hehe. i can't describe how perfect the picture of you by the fountain is, you look flawless, plus i love your little vintage bag in the last shot!

    jazzabelle. xxx

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