4 days in Paris

What’s better than a long weekend in Paris with your bestie? We had such a good time stretching out the last of our summer with days of wandering around in the sunshine, drinking wine, eating good food and looking at beautiful things. It had been a few years since I was last in Paris and it still hits just as well as it did then.

So what did we get up to? On the first night we arrived we checked in to our airbnb in Montmartre and then headed to meet some wonderful pals for dinner at Bouillon (Pigalle) before feeling the Amélie fantasy and grabbing a drink at the Café des Deux Moulins. The next day we headed to Disneyland which was the absolute best day – I’ll chat a bit more about that in a bit… On Saturday we checked out the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée de l’Orangerie and hung out in the Jardin des Tuileries between a few spurts of rain. The sun appropriately came out to greet us on Sunday which involved seeing Notre Dame, browsing in San Francisco Books, a jaunt down the Seine and a picnic under the Eiffel Tower. In the evening we climbed a billion stairs to the top of the Arc de Triomphe to watch the sunset and then drank wine on the bank of the Seine while the Eiffel sparkled. On our final day, we basked in the sunshine at the Palais de Tokyo and read by the fountain in Jardin des Tuileries before heading to the airport for our (unfortunately delayed) flight home.

The Eiffel Tower shining in the golden hour sun in front of a blue sky

The Eiffel tower is light up and glowing in the night sky, its lights reflected in the Seine river

A shot from behind as I walk down a tall stone staircase, trees line the path and there's a handrail and an ornate lamppost in the middle of the stairs

Four lovely humans smile at the camera while taking a selfie

My lovely friends Ethan and Andrew smile while snuggling in to one another

A hand holds up a strip of photo booth photos where Bruno and I make a variety of nice and stupid faces

A greek looking building with columns shines bright in the sunshine, reflecting on a green pond that stretches out in front of it and the sky is a gorgeous blue

An uneven mirrored wall reflects a parisian building

Standing on the bank of the Seine, looking over at the Eiffel tower

A stand filled with prints of old theatre posters, the sunlight through the trees shining on it

Two stacks of playing cards on the grass

The red shopfront of a bookstore, promising loads of books inside

Me in my cute gingham dress surrounded by books and desperately trying to maintain my willpower to not buy everything

A huge painting of water lillies on a curved wall

The Eiffel tower towers over framed by trees

Me sitting at a table resting my chin on my hand and looking in love with Paris

Bruno stands with a cute wee smile under his umbrella in front of a big archway

Loads of sculptures hanging out in a gorgeous big room with a curved ceiling

A picture of the Van Gogh painting with the stars reflected in a body of water

Two little angel sculptures strike poses on top of black cylinders

A picture of the painting of ballerinas in blue dresses by Degas

Silhouette of me looking out of the window in a huge clock

The view from my airbnb, rooftops and chimneys as far as the eye can see, glowing in the sunrise

A grand avenue filled with car headlights, with the sunset shining in the sky

My book on my lap in front of a fountain in the Jardin des Tuileries

Me and Bruno smile with our sunglasses on, feeling cosy and content before starting the (delayed) journey home

It was a total dream of a weekend and I’m so glad I got to share it with my dear Bruno. I feel so lucky to be able to go to places like Paris and to see so many of the gorgeous things it holds.

Which includes delicious food, of course. The highlights include the best ice cream in the world from Berthillon, beautifully ripe figs from the market on a makeshift picnic blanket and a cheese board full of brie and honey with delicious red wine.

Breakfast of baguette with butter and jam, orange juice and hot chocolate

Treats from the patisserie - a chocolate eclair and a raspberry macaron

And now, some more on Disneyland! Which feels like a whole separate thing to our time in Paris, but no less magical. We spent just one day there exploring both parks and had a total blast. It was Bruno’s first time there so I loved sharing the magic with him and getting to see him nerd out over the Marvel campus. Despite the weather forecast, we managed to (mostly) dodge the rain and our queues weren’t too long to wait so we got to do everything that we wanted to, and time to repeat a few. My favourites were FlightForce, Space Mountain, Thunder Mountain and the Tower of Terror, and we also had a lovely time on the Ratatouille ride and the Spiderman AR game. By the end of the day, we were knackered but super content as we sat down to watch the fireworks.