Paris, France – Rain, Crêpes and the Eiffel Tower

Our second day in Europe, we hopped on the Eurostar and made our way to the beautiful city of Paris.

Now Paris is beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. Our hotel came with a little view and even just that was breathtaking.

We were a bit tired from all the trains, metros, and walking, but we couldn’t stay inside on our first night in Paris. So we settled our stuff down, took a quick breather and were out the door to explore the city.

Alex booked this hotel called Fred Hotel. It was only about a 30-40 minute walk to the Eiffel Tower. Well to save us a few bucks for the metro, we decided to just walk.

It’s truly not a far walk to the Eiffel Tower, that is, until you get lost.

With no navigation system, we had to rely on this little city maps I had of Paris to get there. Right off the bat, we had already missed a turn and ended up walking about 10 minutes in the wrong direction. So we had to turn back, and there we missed another turn somehow.

After trying a bit more walking, we were starting to get frustrated that we had no idea where we even were. No navigation system really sucks when you’re in a foreign land.

And to the best of our luck, it started to rain. And I don’t mean a small sprinkle. It started to pour. So there we were at a corner trying to look at the maps on my phone and it starts to pour that we can’t even read the map without my phone drowning from the rain.

Luckily, my good navigation systems and map reading (Alex can back me up on this, I was usually always right when it came to directions in Europe) we were finally headed in the right direction to the Eiffel Tower.

Finally after what felt like an eternity of walking, we saw the Eiffel tower and got so excited. Unfortunately, the Eiffel tower looked closer than it actually was and we still had a bit of walking to do. But even through all the rain and frustrations of being lost, we made it the beautiful Eiffel tower.

My excitement boiled up so high, I felt like I was dreaming. I mean right before my eyes was the Eiffel Tower standing tall and lit up in all its beautiful glory. I was floating on a cloud and I was so happy to have Alex by my side through it all.

We hung around the bottom of the Eiffel Tower and then we decided to cross the street over the bridge over the River of Seine and got to see the beautiful tower from a far. It was truly breathtaking.

After a ton of pictures, we realized we hadn’t eaten a thing since lunch. So we went to one of the little carts by the river and I got me a Nutella Crêpes and Alex got a cheese sandwich.

Crêpes are honestly the best thing ever in Paris, especially with Nutella. So we decided to walk by the Jardin du Trocadéro and sit on a bench and eat our food and watched as the hour went by and the Eiffel Tower did its beautiful light dance for us.

It was truly a beautiful experience and one we cherish because it took a lot of hard work to get here and there we were sitting in bliss.

Bonne journée.

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