It is hard to believe that after about 16 months away, we have not really done the ‘Paris thing’ yet. Oh well, save the best for last (or nearly last!). After a couple of weeks living the Moroccan life, boy did Paris feel like half a world away, not to mention 15 degrees colder!! And the hot shower was soooo good!
We had 3 days to do our thing, and spent the first day with our sightseeing hats on, maps in hand. Walking along the Siene, we weren’t sure which way to look... the surrounding buildings were beautiful. After checking out the Notre Dame, we joined the long, snaked queue to enter the Louvre. The line moved quite quickly and before we knew it we were wandering the galleries and of course, snapping the Mona Lisa. You could spend weeks in there! Hunger prevailed and we pushed on, wandering the streets and just, well, being all Parisian like! Oh, and the Eiffel Tour at night – how many photos can you take?! Pretty spectacular, even when you almost step on a rat and can’t find a hot chocolate anywhere close by.... Another highlight was watching the Rugby World Cup final at the live site near Hotel De Ville. The three Kiwi’s right in the middle of the French mass had the last laugh!
We were lucky enough to have a job interview each on Skype while in Paris (although you wouldn’t believe this was the only place where we did not have internet access, why couldn’t it be a couple of days earlier while we were relaxing in semi remote Morocco, I mean really!). Anyways, it always works out so we ‘borrowed’ the Wifi from the nearby Ibis hotel, and after a test run the day before we were set. Needless to say, we spent some precious Paris time preparing, as we were far from in work mode, however we got the jobs in the end and had a reason to celebrate! Thanks Paris, it was a pleasure!
