Europe Report: Paris!

Europe Report: Paris!

Paris! I had been once for two days with my mother in college but we didn’t have a local showing us around and pointing out all the secret spots.
It was such a magical city. Jordan and Paul live right across the street from the Eiffel Tower and were gracious hosts of course. We walked across to have picnics, climb the tower at night and take the boys to the playground. It was an amazing location.

One of my favorite things was biking around everywhere. In Paris they have dozens of bikes locked up every couple of blocks so you can swipe a card, grab a bike. Head to the Louvre and drop it off there. Then grab another one when you’re through, and head to the Marais for lunch. Why on earth doesn’t every city have this system?!? {Jordan talks about specifics on how to use them right here}

I’m still dreaming of those pan au chocolates and gelato. Oh. my. goodness. Food was, embarrassingly, the thing I was most excited about for Paris and it did not disappoint my friends. Wandering around the streets after dinner and soaking up the Parisian culture was amazing as well.

I’d never been to the Louvre and was blown away by it, especially the the architecture inside
(sidenote: Jared has been working hard growing an impressive beard! That I promptly made him shave when we got home)

Jordan took us to Merci which is officially my favorite store in the world! It’s a concept store that’s so well curated it’s incredible. I was oohing and ahhing at all the french industrial goods. I picked up some fun little kitchen items down in the basement like a lunchbox for Henry, some french linens, etc ( i.e. don’t miss the basement!)

I really wanted to just mingle around in this used books section for hours. The Merci store not only includes this used book store, but also a flower shop, fabric shop, designer clothing, furniture, kids boutique, etc.

The kids boutique was, again, the most amazing kids store I’ve ever been in (with lots of goodies and toys in the basement as well!)

Oh, my. The Flea market was such a treasure trove. I wish we had all day to spend there.
(PS It’s a little tricky to find so check out Jordan’s awesome map right here)

It was so hard to decide what to get! I picked up a few things (including a nudie oil painting!)

Ahh! Just talking about it makes me want to go back so bad. So many more things I wanted to do and see. Maybe someday!
(Stay tuned tomorrow for a report on our trip to Normandy!)

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Posted by Liz Stanley on Sep 27, 2011
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