tuesday, the 16th
we were so tired of walking that we decided to keep it chill from now on. our plan was to go to petit palais museum and that's it. so, we woke up quite late and decided to grab something to eat. we were dreaming about buying a pizza from domino's and found a domino's nearby. went there, ordered a medium pizza and it was huuge compared to our eating habits. we decided to eat it in a park near a small church, was hard to find a bench to sit on but we did and ate the pizza. a few minutes later a man approached us and started smoking weed next to us, oh, did i forget to mention how much paris smelled like piss and weed?:D i'll never forget that smell.. all that aside we decided to buy breakfast because we already ate everything so we went to leader price, got a bunch of food, came back to our hotel to leave it all and started going to petit palais.
we pretty much ran out of ideas what to do but we remembered that we saw montmartre cemetery and decided to go there.
the day of visiting louvre! funny how we didn't limit ourselves to what we wanted to see the first three days and then we would be more than happy to go to one object and that's it:D
so, we didn't rush, went through a different place then usual, sat in a beautiful park with a fountain and perfectly alligned trees. then, the louvre. we had to wait in line for about 3 minutes which is amazing, was hard to find where to go next but after a while we went in. it was also free for us (EU, under 25). roll the photos -
i already ranted about mona lisa on my instagram so i won't spread any more hate. but yeah, in conclusion it was worth going there (i mean it was free soo), but it was super humid in there, people acted crazy in front of more well known paintings/sculptures and hardly looked at anything else. also, it's huge, i mean when people say you can spend the entire day here they are not lying. at the end we just wanted to get the hell out of there, that was, of course, after we took a picture of mona lisa to please our parents.
we wanted to eat so badly and decided to find domino's yet again. it started raining so heavily that we stood under a roof/construction for half an hour even though we had an umbrella. finally we got to domino's and got hangry because pizza was so much more expensive there. we decided to get to our good old domino's near us. went a little and found one nearby, not the same but the price was just like the other one's. we sat in front of a restaurant which had A RESTAURANT DOG. it was a dogeee, with a blue lil scarf. honestly, dogs are art to me and louvre didn't make me smiles just as much so get your shit together louvre;)) we came back home and ate, as always.
friday, the 19th
we had 4 more metro tickets and we knew we had to use them up somehow. also, looking at a map with all the famous objects in paris didn't help to find us a place where to go. we sat on our bed for an hour and tried to find something to do in paris. i know, i know, it's crazy to say there was nothing to do because it's clearly untrue but the thing is, we are not parisians. we don't know the secret little places to visit, we don't know what is happening in this city. all we know is what every tourist knows and we really saw soo much in that week. basically, without talking too much about not finding what to do, we decided to go to a restaurant and watch a movie.
we drove with a metro, got to a cinema and bought tickets to woody allen's cafe society. it was only in 2 hours so we went out. it started raining and we didn't bring an umbrella with us so we decided to find a place to eat. everything was so expensive but one place stood out - 9 euros for grilled chicken. we went in and realized it's more of a bar rather than a restaurant. that was a very bad sign:D ordered chicken for both of us and sparkled water. we waited for quite a while and a waitress came to us and told us that they can only make one last portion. we decided to share so we said that it's ok. when she brought us the chicken we had to somehow make ourselves seem serious and professional. ther were to pieces of chicken and believe me when i say that this portion wouldn't even be enough for a toddler. we ate, drank the water, paid and left.
sat near another church-like building and went to the cinema.
this is how it looked from the outside, i was pretty sure it was on purpose and akvile thought that this cinema might be under construction.
the movie was amazing and angering at the same time and we both couldn't brush off the smile of our faces when we left the cinema, it was such a beautiful movie and an amazing ending to our trip.
we came back home, ate, internetted for a while (lets make it a word, shall we?) and started packing up. before coming back to the hotel i bought three packs of maltesers which wasn't the best idea knowing we only had a backpack. but those huge bags went perfectly inside my bomber jacket and i thanked the gods of fashion for creating pockets.
saturday, the 20th
a sleepless night ended and we had to get up, i checked night buses and was terrified - something was wrong with the app i had because when i first checked when do the buses drive to porte maillot it was all fine and it estimated that in about 40 minutes we would be there. and now it said 90 minutes which meant that we would be late for our other bus. that's when akvile opened her uber app. and that's also when she realized that it crashed and isn't working. we started stressing out, the guy who worked at our hotel was no help at all, he barely spoke english and even when i asked something simple he would respond weirdly, like he said to take the metro when at that time of night it didn't even work. there was a family who ordered a driver, i'm saying a driver because he was clearly not a taxi driver. we paid 15 euros each for our 20 minute ride but i wasn't angry since i just didn't want to miss my flight.
but after that disaster everything went just fine and we landed back home.
we were so tired of walking that we decided to keep it chill from now on. our plan was to go to petit palais museum and that's it. so, we woke up quite late and decided to grab something to eat. we were dreaming about buying a pizza from domino's and found a domino's nearby. went there, ordered a medium pizza and it was huuge compared to our eating habits. we decided to eat it in a park near a small church, was hard to find a bench to sit on but we did and ate the pizza. a few minutes later a man approached us and started smoking weed next to us, oh, did i forget to mention how much paris smelled like piss and weed?:D i'll never forget that smell.. all that aside we decided to buy breakfast because we already ate everything so we went to leader price, got a bunch of food, came back to our hotel to leave it all and started going to petit palais.
it was beautiful and not petit at all;-) wow, extensive language skills. it was actually like going through a maze, every single room had a different colour and in there would either be paintings, furniture or sculptures. the entrance was free, also you can't really bring water in, at least the first time we saw it from outside someone couldn't get in because of a water bottle (and it's crazy knowing it was about 30-32 degrees). security wasn't so strict the day we went in but it's better not to risk it;
just before closing we went outside to this garden, it was soo beautiful, felt like we were in a movie. sadly, photos don't do justice. we were able to get around for a few minutes and had to leave.
we sat for a while on grass near a fountain and went on.
we luckily found japanese town (i was searching for it because i really wanted to get something for my boyfriend) so we went to k-mart, i got him 2 packs of gummies, 1 pack of sweets for my brother and shrimp chips for me and akvile. have to say, the smell is horrible but at first it was tasteless and the taste only hit in after a while.
i guess that was the way of eating because right before going to our hotel we went to this kebab shop and got ourselves a huge sandwich with chicken and fries. delciousss!
wednesday, the 17th,we pretty much ran out of ideas what to do but we remembered that we saw montmartre cemetery and decided to go there.
the cemetery was beautiful but we were stupid enough not to think that maybe this isn't the only cemetery in town. and i'm saying this because we thought this is the place where aaall the famous people are buried. well, we were wrong. still, we were happy because it wasn't so hot in the shadows, there were a few spots to fill our water bottle, we saw a lot of cats and we talked a lot about my favourite topic - death:-) just joking. oh, i also found francois truffaut grave and it was awesome because i love his work soo much.
we came back home after a bit of wandering around since, if i remember correctly, we tried to find a shop but we couldn't. we came back, ate, my friend watched basketball, i'm not into sports so i can't comment on that and we decided to get drunkk this evening which is pretty much my sport.
we bought wine (not that pink shitty one that we purchased i think the second day, it was so disgusting we had to mix it with juice. yup, wine with juice and also fizzy drinks) and went to this canal nearby. we got reaaaly drunk, i got kissed by a passing dog and overall it was a great evening.
thursday, the 18th,the day of visiting louvre! funny how we didn't limit ourselves to what we wanted to see the first three days and then we would be more than happy to go to one object and that's it:D
so, we didn't rush, went through a different place then usual, sat in a beautiful park with a fountain and perfectly alligned trees. then, the louvre. we had to wait in line for about 3 minutes which is amazing, was hard to find where to go next but after a while we went in. it was also free for us (EU, under 25). roll the photos -
weather was perfect for visiting museums, it was drizzling throughout the whole day.
my hair was literally crazy that day so this photo took a lot of effort;-)
a very dank meme.
we wanted to eat so badly and decided to find domino's yet again. it started raining so heavily that we stood under a roof/construction for half an hour even though we had an umbrella. finally we got to domino's and got hangry because pizza was so much more expensive there. we decided to get to our good old domino's near us. went a little and found one nearby, not the same but the price was just like the other one's. we sat in front of a restaurant which had A RESTAURANT DOG. it was a dogeee, with a blue lil scarf. honestly, dogs are art to me and louvre didn't make me smiles just as much so get your shit together louvre;)) we came back home and ate, as always.
friday, the 19th
we had 4 more metro tickets and we knew we had to use them up somehow. also, looking at a map with all the famous objects in paris didn't help to find us a place where to go. we sat on our bed for an hour and tried to find something to do in paris. i know, i know, it's crazy to say there was nothing to do because it's clearly untrue but the thing is, we are not parisians. we don't know the secret little places to visit, we don't know what is happening in this city. all we know is what every tourist knows and we really saw soo much in that week. basically, without talking too much about not finding what to do, we decided to go to a restaurant and watch a movie.
we drove with a metro, got to a cinema and bought tickets to woody allen's cafe society. it was only in 2 hours so we went out. it started raining and we didn't bring an umbrella with us so we decided to find a place to eat. everything was so expensive but one place stood out - 9 euros for grilled chicken. we went in and realized it's more of a bar rather than a restaurant. that was a very bad sign:D ordered chicken for both of us and sparkled water. we waited for quite a while and a waitress came to us and told us that they can only make one last portion. we decided to share so we said that it's ok. when she brought us the chicken we had to somehow make ourselves seem serious and professional. ther were to pieces of chicken and believe me when i say that this portion wouldn't even be enough for a toddler. we ate, drank the water, paid and left.
sat near another church-like building and went to the cinema.
the movie was amazing and angering at the same time and we both couldn't brush off the smile of our faces when we left the cinema, it was such a beautiful movie and an amazing ending to our trip.
we came back home, ate, internetted for a while (lets make it a word, shall we?) and started packing up. before coming back to the hotel i bought three packs of maltesers which wasn't the best idea knowing we only had a backpack. but those huge bags went perfectly inside my bomber jacket and i thanked the gods of fashion for creating pockets.
saturday, the 20th
a sleepless night ended and we had to get up, i checked night buses and was terrified - something was wrong with the app i had because when i first checked when do the buses drive to porte maillot it was all fine and it estimated that in about 40 minutes we would be there. and now it said 90 minutes which meant that we would be late for our other bus. that's when akvile opened her uber app. and that's also when she realized that it crashed and isn't working. we started stressing out, the guy who worked at our hotel was no help at all, he barely spoke english and even when i asked something simple he would respond weirdly, like he said to take the metro when at that time of night it didn't even work. there was a family who ordered a driver, i'm saying a driver because he was clearly not a taxi driver. we paid 15 euros each for our 20 minute ride but i wasn't angry since i just didn't want to miss my flight.
but after that disaster everything went just fine and we landed back home.
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