Paris

Paris really is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, the food, people and wall to wall landmarks made it the perfect last stop of our adventure. After warm sunny Barcelona the freezing weather was a shock to the system but gave us a chance to try out our new winter coats. We stayed in an apartment just of the Champs Elysees, it was perfectly situated but there was a problem with the buildings boiler so we had no hot water or heating for 11 days.

Most days we would get up and buy a baguette for breakfast then go exploring. There was so much to see, the Eiffel Tower was truly amazing. After seeing so many pictures of it we weren't overly excited to be going to see it but once your standing in front of it it really takes your breath away. The Louvre was a labyrinth of masterpieces, we got hooked up with audio headsets (we opted for the regular ones not the special Da Vinci Code ones) and spent the entire day gobsmacked by the amount of beautiful pieces of art in one place.

We spent one day at the Cimetiere Du Pere Lachaise were Jim Morrison was buried, also residing there was Oscar Wilde whose tombstone was completely covered with lipstick kisses from tourists. On our last day we caught a boat along the Seine which was the perfect way to see Paris. We were amazed at the amount of people camping on the cement walkways along the river since it was heading into winter and the temperature didn't get above 8 degrees while we were there.