A DAY IN PARIS

Hey folks, this post is quite late but I'm sure you can forgive me with all the festive season, its been quite manic. First of all I would like to say a Happy new year and hope everyone had a lovely Christmas ( I know I did, I am still in recovery mode lol). I am sure you can already guess what this post is about, the title gives it away. A couple of weeks before Christmas I decided to go Paris for the day. So I decided to go alone, no... that wasn't a typo... yes you read it right...ALONE. As usual my friends thought I'd lost my mind but why not?. For those of you who read my earlier post about some alone time then you know this is something I have done before but to any of my new readers, I know you are probably thinking this girl is crazyyyy ( I don't blame you, I am a bit lol) but where is the fun in normality?. I really wanted to go Paris last year, as in I REALLYYYYY wanted to go . One of my new year resolutions is to do more things alone. I love doing things with my friends and family and creating memories but at the same time I love being alone and having some memories for myself, Its important to have some things to yourself ( well for me, can't speak for all). Told myself  2014 I would go on more adventures. My thing is why wait for others? ... * waits for an answer* .. quick scenario... you want to do something really bad, you make plans with your friends, it's either they are too busy or they don't have money at the time. Does that mean you should scrap your plans?. So many of us do this without realising it, we make so many plans but how many do you actually do?. Ask yourself how many things have you wanted to do and actually done. How many times have you said lets do this and got so hyped up with the idea but when it comes down to it, it never happens. Another thing, what if you want to do something or go somewhere and your friends don't want to do it, do you just dismiss it???. You're not always going to have the same taste as everyone around you. There are so many things I want to do and my friends think I am a lunatic, does that mean I disregard my plans because I have no one to do them with?? No hunny, Not me.

My philosophy is you are born alone and one day will die alone so surely there will be time on this planet where you have to do things alone. Anyone that knows me knows I don't mind my own company and I can talk to anyone from anywhere. Put me in any social environment and I can find something to talk about. This is actually one trait I do love about myself, I feel free because of it. Back to Paris. It was really spontaneous (something else I want to do more this year - be more spontaneous). My trip was on Thursday and I booked it on a Monday. Been thinking about going for a while and I researched for deals and packages and found really good ones. Woke up one day and before I even brushed my teeth, took out my card and went online and paid for it (once it was all paid for, there was no going back right?) Sometimes you have to just bite the bullet and get things done. Procrastinating never got anyone anywhere. As soon as I booked it and told my friends and family, of course they thought I was bonkers. A few actually didn't believe me until they saw my selfies on my whats app pictures lol. I was so excited, I actually couldn't sleep the night before I went. I love Paris and I think it is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. I have always wanted to visit the Eiffel tower for as long as I can remember and it was happening. yay me!! So I found a tour package online which included euro-star train to and from Paris, Trip to the Eiffel tower, visit to the Louvre museum and a boat cruise. What more could I asked for right?. I was on the tour guide with about 6 other people so I wasn't completely on my lonesome. We arrived at Paris roughly around 10am and our bus was waiting for us at the station ( thank goodness we had a bus because Paris was FREEZINGGG!!!) I have actually never been so cold in my whole life. First part of our tour was a tour round Paris, we drove around sight seeing and it was just breath taking, Don't ask me what anything was called or where we were, I was far too busy being mesmerized to take in anything our tour guide (who was so lovely and friendly) was saying. History was never my favorite subject, so hearing about the landmarks and history of each place we visited went right over my head. After our sight seeing tour we made our way to the Eiffel tower and of course this was what I was looking forward to since I got off the train. It was definitely bigger than I expected, We had a queue jump and went straight through ( Thank God for queue jump because the size of that queue was not cute, would have froze to death) we got on the lift and went straight to the 2nd floor, the view was amazing, I was a little frightened if I am honest, didn't realize how far up we were. Literally could see everywhere from where we were standing. We spent about an hour on the Eiffel tower and had lunch ( oh I had lunch on the Eiffel tower darling) then went onto the boat cruise, which I would have enjoyed more if it wasn't so cold, Again everything mentioned on the boat trip went straight over my head but we went past the love bridge ( not sure if that's the actual name) but I actually want to go back there next time I venture out to Paris and place my own padlock on the bridge ( cutest thing ever), after the cruise we made our way to the Louvre museum, Who wouldn't be excited about going to the LOUVRE?!?!. I always wished I was more into art as a kid. Apart from visiting the Eiffel tower, seeing the Mona Lisa in real life was definitely an highlight of my trip. I had always imagined the portrait to be massive, It was so much smaller than expected ( even took a cheeky selfie with her, so what if people were watching. Ha!)

The whole day went so quick, I was kinda sad on the train back. Didn't think I would enjoy myself as much as I did. The last trip I went on alone was to south-end and that wasn't a big deal to me but going to a different country alone I thought I  might miss some company half way through but no, I had such a fab day I was buzzing on my way back, couldn't wait to tell all my many many tales. While in Paris I did meet Sarah, who was also on the trip alone and we hit it off ( Hi Sarah,if you're reading this). I wont bore you with anymore writing and just show you all the pics I took.

There she is!!!!

LOVEE!!!