Traveling to new places is a love of mine so when my textiles class was running a trip to Paris I jumped at the opportunity, to go to the fashion capital of the world has always been a dream of mine. It was so magically and even though we were just there for two days I wanted to make the most of it and see most of the amazing sites.
We touched down at Charles De Gaulle Airport at 8:30am and headed straight to the hotel to freshen up; it wasn’t long after that we headed on the metro to the Pompidou.
I found the pompido to exhibit a lot of modern art and was more design based. Jeff Koons showed off some of his work which was very art pop, Andy Warhol inspired. But overall I really loved the work and found it interesting. The view from the viewing platform at the top was amazing and defiantly recommend on a clear day.
After that we re-fuelled and set off to visit the Louvre and saw the very famous Mona Lisa. The Louvre contains so many amazing pieces from artists all over the world therefore it was impossible to see it all in one afternoon. You could easily get lost in all of the many corridors, where there is paintings after sculptures, however I would love to return. The impact of when you see the glass pyramid was outstanding and completely contrasted with the 16th century fortress. I was very impressed.
Next we travelled to the Champs-Élysées where we saw the amazing Arch De Triumph however even more amazing than that was the shopping. We headed into all the little boutiques and of corse Sephora.
Sadly it was very pricy. So we headed to familiar territories, Zara. I always find the Zara abroad to be so much better and have a much wider selection of stock. They are more daring in the trends they choose. I purchased a MAC Prep + Prime Illuminator.
Finally it was time to end the day, and how other to end it by eating Pizza next to the Effiel Tower and at 8 ‘o’clock watch the famous light show. This was by far my favourite part of the trip and was such a 'pinch me' moment.
DAY 2: After a good night sleep we caught the metro to Montmartre where we had a lovely petit dejéuner. We walked up towards the Sacré-Cœur and visited the typical tourist shops and may have made some sneaky chocolate purchases.
I found Montmartre to be a cute place and very typically french, as you got out of the main tourist spots you saw many Parisian people doing there everyday shopping and chores.
However the most exciting part of the day was the fabric shops. I’ve never seen so many shops selling beautiful fabrics before in my life. One of the warehouses held a fashion market which was five floors of gorgeous materials. It got more expensive and better quality the further you moved up and I saw some beautiful tweed and crocodile leather and even better but next door held all the embellishments a girl could dream of.
Finally we shopped til we dropped in the famous La Fille Gallery. The most amazing department store ever!!! Floors upon floors of beautiful fashion. But faster than we could blink we were on the Air France flight back to Manchester and it was soon time to say bye bye to Paris and hello back to reality. I love Paris and it has very quickly become one of my favourite cities, I highly recommend any of you to visit.
Immy xo
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