To study in Paris is to be born in Paris! - Right Ellie?!

Our second day in Paris was dedicated to my little (my little sorority sister), Ellie!

She studied abroad last year in Paris, so she had tons of great ideas for us! We werent able to do everything on her list, but we did a few things :) Have to save some for our next trip to Paris...

Below you will find her recommendations (in purple) and what we did (in yellow):

Go buy a baguette right now! They're less than 1 euro and they're incredible. Eat lots of them while you're there!

• YUM! French baguettes are so delish and fresh and cheap! Love that!

Go get hot chocolate at Angelina at 226 rue de Rivoli. It's right by the Louvre (to the left of the Louvre when you're looking at it from the Tuileries). It's amaaaazing and different.

• SO GOOD! In the afternoon, we went to Angelina. It was very beautiful inside and so relaxing. We had their famous hot chocolate which was unlike any hot chocolate I've ever had. It was super think and so tasty :) The perfect treat for a rainy day!

Of course Notre Dame, Sainte-Chapelle, and Sacré-Coeur are beautiful churches, and you at least need to see Notre Dame, but I also love Saint-Eustache.

• Going inside Notre Dame was amazing, it was so big and colorful with all the stained glass. Ally was a little sad that it didnt smell like Christmas like she remembered from her last visit. Bummer! But it was cool seeing a Disney movie come to life (kind of) seeing the gargoyles!



• We saw Saint-Eustache at night time, but it was still great!

Right by Saint-Eustache is a really awesome outdoor market on Rue Montmartre- all kinds of foods (some that they'll let you taste) and clothes and jewelry. The street that comes to a V with Rue Montmartre near Saint-Eustache is called Rue Montorgeuil, which I looooove. So many cool little restaurants! Go there!!!

• Rue Montmartre was a great street. Tons of people and cool buildings and restaurants. We decided to have dinner here (like suggested). We walked up and down the street and settled for a Sushi place since other ones were so packed.
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Montmartre is the traditional cool area in Paris. Has the Moulin Rouge and Sacre-Coeur and sex shops and souvenir shops. I love that area, but be careful around there with your stuff.

• After dinner we headed to Montmarte and saw the famous Moulin Rouge! Did you know that Moulin means windmill.... we just learned that! So thats why they have a big windmill outside! We didnt go in any sex shops, but we sat down at a restaurant across from the Moulin Rouge and enjoyed some Kir! YUM! (see below for further information)

Lastly, please please drink some Kir in the afternoon for me. It's white wine with a black currant (blackberry?) liquor in it that makes it purplish-red and it tastes a little sweeter. It's my favorite drink from Paris. Kir Royale is the same thing except with champagne instead of wine. Soooo good!!!

• Well it wasnt the afternoon, but we did try Kir! Yummy! I ordered the Kir Royale, but was brought the regular Kir with wine, so I actually got to try both! Pretty sweet deal! And it was delish! (We also tried some in Aix, but we will get to that later)

Have tons of fun, eat lots of pastries, baguettes, crepes (nutella of course, but also cheese, mushrooms, ham and egg), drink lots of wine and kir, and be nice to the Frenchies and they'll be nice to you.

• So that was our day. It was great! I love getting little tips from people about the places we are going because it gives us something to do instead of wandering around and picking places at random.
• So THANKS ELLIE! Youre the best :)

Overall, great stay in Paris!!! We loved it! We could have spent a lot more time there of course, but feel like we got a good amount of things in. Since we missed some things, that just means we will have to return some day :)

Off to Provence!

XOXO,

Amanda and Ally