Greetings Steemit friends:
Today I'm blogging on the go, hence the "live edition" of travel with me!
On Wednesday, I met up with a few of my friends in London and one of them said they were going to Paris for a long weekend from Friday morning to Sunday.
I asked if I could come, and my friend thought that I was joking! How could I pass up the opportunity to visit one of my favorite cities in Europe and follow my friends preplanned itinerary?!
So, suffice to say, I gate crashed their little weekend getaway and I booked my flights and hotel the very same night.
The Trip
Since this was such a last-minute spur of the moment decision to travel to Paris, I was expecting flights and hotel to be quite expensive, but "transavia" gave me a really terrific deal for a return trip from London to Paris. The only slight set back was that I'd have to leave from Luton Airport in London and arrive at Orly Airport in Paris. Both are not the nearest to the centre of town. But I can't complain as it was cheap and very last minute so I took the 8am flight to Paris.
This is the inside of the plane. Notice that their theme seems to be green and even all their seats are green!
Here's a picture straight out the plane.
This is the plane that I was on.
A nice welcome sign to Paris.
I took the taxi from the airport to my Hotel and was initially shocked when the meter was set at 35 euros! It turns out that this is the flat rate for taxi from the airport to the city.
On the way, I saw some really interesting graffiti all over the walls of tunnels. They are actually really good works of art, not the kind of messy stuff I'm used to seeing around dodgy ends of London.
One of the great things about Paris is that its a beautiful city everywhere you look. The 45 minute journey seemed to whiz by very quickly!
I was pleasantly surprised when I arrived at my Hotel. Called Hotel Pastel Paris, it'll be my home for the next 4 days. Turning into this very narrow street, it felt uncannily familiar, as if I had visited this street before, or even stayed in another hotel on this street. I realised that this is just how Paris is! The hotel stands out as it is on the corner of a street junction and it is also the only building with prominent black borders. It's like a modern interpretation of the classic Parisian architecture. I'm loving it already !
Itinerary for the day
Since Ive arrived a little early for check-in, I have a few hours to kill so I've decided to visit a Lebanese restaurant just a short distance from here.
After that I'll be making my way to Louvre and Montparnasse
To end the evening, we'll be taking a risque visit to the Crazy Horse cabaret for some late night fun!
More live blogs to come!
