5 years ago today I met a guy randomly in a pub in Newcastle. Today we celebrate 5 years together by exploring Paris. Our first destination for sightseeing today was the Champs Élysées & nearby Palaces as well as the gold statue topped Pont Alexandre (Bridge). We wandered up the Champs-élysées past designer stores & restaurants stopping for a Baguette for lunch before watching the madness around the Arc de Triomphe. Buses cut across 4 lanes to make t...

Today I was ready to be impressed by Paris as last time I was here in 2011 it was rainy & miserable plus I was on a tight budget in an expensive city. Our first stop on the tourist circuit was Montmarte & Sacre coeur. From the metro it was a short walk up through a narrow street heaving with tacky souvenir shops at the top of which the white domes of Sacre Coeur watched over Paris & hundreds of tourists. We took the funicular up to the top- a very sho...

The alarm rudely sounded at 4.30 to start our day of travel to Paris. Being up so early we unfortunately missed out on another amazing Sofitel breakfast but after a taxi, then Etihad bus we were at Abu Dhabi airport where we checked in then headed for the Al Reem Lounge for a free breakfast and thankfully also some fantastic cappuccinos!! Heading back to Terminal 3 to get our flight we ended up being stuck in a very long queue to go through security between termi...