Wow. It’s amazing what difference and amazing bed can make to a nights sleep. We were lucky enough to have a super king in our room, and we could almost starfish without touching each other! If you’re ever staying in Paris and want a fine hotel, look no further that Hotel de Sers. I can highly recommend every aspect of the hotel, and made our visit to Paris so much more enjoyable.
After an amazing breakfast in the morning I set about the hotel, camera in hand, snapping some great photos of the hotel, these will be in my Hotel de Sers Portfolio shortly. But here’s a couple to tease you.
We then headed for Champ Elyesse, which is one of 12 roads that heads toward the Arc de Triomphe. Apparently the second your car enters this monster roundabout you have no car insurance. After a few hours wandering the streets shopping, we stopped in at a little cafe for lunch. At first I was a bit wary of ordering a “beef burger” that was NZD$45, but when it arrived it was so worth it! The most tender piece of beef, with sauce almost identical to BigMac sauce, but ten times better.
Just around the corner we discovered a Ladurée shop, those familiar with French food, will know Ladurée is the crème de la crème of French pastries and yum things! Emma’s macaroon obsession kicked in again.
Finishing lunch, we crossed the Seine River to the Louvre Museum. Speed museuming, our new favorite game, saw us see all the worth while things in just under an hour. Of course the highlight being the Mona Lisa.
Not too far from the Loruve is the Notre Dame Cathedral. The view inside was amazing!
Here’s a photo of me, Emma’s not too bad behind the camera either!
Right outside this cathedral is “point zero”, the point from which all distances in Paris are measured. All the street names and postcodes are relative to this point, the further away you get, the higher the number. A great idea back in the day, and a point which we stood on and could happily say we were at the center of the city of love!
On the way back to the hotel, we saw yet another Range Rover. There are heaps of them over here, but we saw only a few of these new ones. How sexual are these new Range Rovers!
Back to the hotel for a few more photos of another room, and back out the door for a bit more shopping. We then ventured up to the Arc de Triumph, crossed (under – thank god!) the roundabout, and climbed the 384 stairs to the top.
The view at the top was amazing, and again our luck was in order, as we saw the Eiffel Tower twinkle as its 20,000 lights were flashing on and off for 5 minutes (it does this every hour on the hour during the night).
The time was about 10pm, so it was back to the hotel ready for our 7am start. With our breakfast order hung on our door handle, it has never felt so good falling into bed as we prepare to say Au Revior to Paris in the morning.