Well I've finally mustered the energy to recount some things from Paris - I'm off work sick today (I know it sounds suspicious since I'm only back from my holidays, but I really am, I almost threw up in the shower!!). Some highlights from our trip:

Brian who wanted us to spend an hour in the park with him (we didn't by the way)

Antonio who made fun of my french but he said my name nice so he's forgiven

The old man on the train who was a source of all knowledge, showing us where Diana had her accident etc, but who then told us to 'have lots of white children' :-?

Our friends from America/Mexico who said we were the first girls they had met who didn't like to go clubbing

Sudden gusts of wind at Versailles which almost blew up my skirt - it took three of us to hold it down!!

Ok they were the funnies, now for some of my favourite places:

Versailles/Palace of Versailles. If you are in Paris for any more than a few days you HAVE to go here. The house is amazing (where the Treaty of Versailles was signed) but the gardens are the best. Versailles itself is also nice although we didn't see much of it. It takes a whole day but it's so worth it!

The top of the Eiffel Tower. I didn't like the journey on the lift much but the top was great, espcially the view. I don't understand why people propose up there though (aparently Tom Cruise did), I didn't find it that romantic, it was quite industrial looking! Romantic would be a cruise on the Seine (which we also did and it was fab too!)

The Metro. It's fantastic and so easy to use. We are now experts having taken at least two journeys a day so if you want to know how to use it, just ask me, Gayle or Lisa!

The Hobby Horses at Sacre Couer, they were just so old, and double-decker too!

Galleries Lafayette: our local department store was amazing. My favourite shop of all time, I spent most of my money there! To be honest our wee area (the Opera) was much better for shopping than the Champs Elysees (although you still have to go there for the experience). The Champs Elysees mainly consisted of cafes, car shops, cinemas, at the most 5 designer shops and about 6 or 7 shops like Virgin Megastores and Gap.

My other favourite shop was Sephora, a wee perfume/makeup/bodycare shop. When I say wee, it was actually massive (at least the Champs Elysee one was) and they sold every brand even Stila and such, but their own brand was the best, very reasonable as well!

Where I didn't like:

The restaurant where we ate on Sunday night, Lisa's chicken had blood in it and the waiter was very rude. I can't quite remember the name but I'll tell you where it is if you're going to Paris - avoid it like the plague!

Climbing up to the dome of the Sacre Couer. Don't attempt if you dislike any of the following: narrow enclosed spaces, winding staircases, dark places, dusty places, grafitti, spiders. To be fair i didn't actually see any spiders but it will be your constant thought if you are scared of them. I almost had a panic attack on the way up i think, and the stairs just kept going up and up! The view from the top was good and I took the time to recover and take some photos before running back down!!