Paris in the springtime
Apr. 15th, 2007 10:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
glittertiggerWell, it was more like summer really and it was still 25 degrees centigrade when the TGV arrived in Vendome at 7pm this evening. I'm now slightly sunburned, very well fed and extremely pleased to have seen zandev for a couple of days. We were staying right next to Notre Dame and there was a guy doing fabulous tricks with flaming poi outside the cathedral late last night. The square was packed with people and it was T-shirt weather at 11pm.
Paris looked stunning in the sunshine and wasn't too crowded. We visited the Musee d'Orsay, which is a beautiful building and I love the impressionist paintings on the top floor. The Van Gogh's have a texture which just doesn't come over in reproductions. I was also really impressed by the intricate metal blinds at the Institut du Monde Arabe.
I think all of my senses have been pampered this weekend. We went to the Guerlain showroom on the Champs-Elysees and they have an upstairs testing room which is astonishingly glittery. The walls and ceiling of the reception area are completely covered in tiny gold tiles. I tried some lovely perfumes (some of which you can't find in the UK) and when I had found one I liked my lovely boyfriend bought it for me :)
zandev for a couple of days. We were staying right next to Notre Dame and there was a guy doing fabulous tricks with flaming poi outside the cathedral late last night. The square was packed with people and it was T-shirt weather at 11pm.Paris looked stunning in the sunshine and wasn't too crowded. We visited the Musee d'Orsay, which is a beautiful building and I love the impressionist paintings on the top floor. The Van Gogh's have a texture which just doesn't come over in reproductions. I was also really impressed by the intricate metal blinds at the Institut du Monde Arabe.
I think all of my senses have been pampered this weekend. We went to the Guerlain showroom on the Champs-Elysees and they have an upstairs testing room which is astonishingly glittery. The walls and ceiling of the reception area are completely covered in tiny gold tiles. I tried some lovely perfumes (some of which you can't find in the UK) and when I had found one I liked my lovely boyfriend bought it for me :)
