Aviation Study Tour Blog

Paris was like a slap in the face with a wet tea towel, a very pretty architecturally stunning and culturally rich tea towel...

On Saturday morning after being awoken by my very excited parents, Janelle and I decided to make our way down to see some of local Pari, armed with our trusty Pollay Vu Olgliss (please ignore spelling, I'm a pilot not an English scholar).  First, we set out to see the Arc De Triomphe, talk about a jaw dropper!  From there we trotted on down to see none other than the Eiffel Tower.  Words do not describe the first time you set your eyes on this beautifully wonderful piece of architecture... truly jaw dropping stuff!!! And that's just looking at it! After taking the lift all the way up to the top, the view was overwhelming, like the intake of breath as you jump into a cold pool, it's indescribable, but I will say, 360 degrees of awesome!

After a swift cruise down the river Seine we jumped off the boat at Notre Dame.  Notre Dame was phenomenal with its high ceilings, beautiful windows and artworks to die for... simply superb!

From there, we ventured to the Louvre, which was an interesting mix of new architecture verses older architecture on the outside and internally, it was a bit of an eye opener with paintings the size of elephants! Then you see the miniscule Mona Lisa, aaahhh yes she was there staring at us keeping her secret behind smirking lips.

After a lovely walk down the Champs Elysses we stopped at a café and had some French pastries and coffee.  The coffee was rich and intricately beautiful. I've never tasted such beautiful coffee.

We had planned to visit the Arc de Triomphe and Eiffel tower at night; however after getting back to our hotel and laying on our beds at 5pm, the next thing we know, its 7 in the morning!

So up we get up again, this time to visit Sacra Cure.  Sacra Cure was amazing inside and had a spectacular view over Paris outside.  I think it was almost as good, if not BETTER than Notre.  At the least, a lot less touristy!

After that we attempted to do some shopping at the equivalent of Myer or David Jones, however after we saw some clothes worth 1650 Euro (about $3200) we decided it would be best if we wander around and absorb some culture for the rest of the day.

That night we saw Paris by night... I'm not going to bother describing it, just imagine what I have described above and multiply its beauty by 10, and your answer might be close to what it is realistically.

Anyway, I have babbled on enough, I only hope that I have described our visit to Paris in enough detail so that you at home can fully appreciate how much we enjoyed it.

Au Revivor

Janelle & Zac