I spent my 26th birthday in sweet, Paris. However, unlike Italy, this city could've been better. Most of it was dirty and downright scary. Unless you stay by the Seine. Then it's beautiful and amazing. Thats where most of the attractions are. We went on to booking.com to reserve our hotel room. From the photos, it wasn't a 5 star, but looked quaint and comfortable. Upon arriving, we had to walk through the literal ghetto, past homeless people, beggers, and people trying to sell wigs from a box. I am sure they could smell my fear from a mile away. The hotel was down this awful alley and had a reception area of 5x5 ft. After traveling the 4 flights of spiral stairs, we found our room. A twin smoking room when I paid for a triple non smoking room. The window didn't open of course and there was a blood stain the size of my 5 year old on the comforter. There was mold on the walls and well as the bed. After freaking out, i regained my composer and demanded a refund. He told me I checked the "no refund" option and I stated that I didn't get the room I paid for anyway so I expected my refund. Needless to say, after a few choice English words, we left with no refund. I didn't lose hope, I contacted booking and my bank to try to file a fraud report. We paid $700 for that room, I wanted my money back. As we walked a few blocks in the rain around the ghetto of paris, we found a Best Western. We explained our situation and the manager offered us his best private room for half off a night what it should've went for. He even tried to help us get our money back from the other hotel. The room there was amazing. I actually felt comfortable breathing the air in there.
Notre Dame Catherdral. The line for this was hours long. No way we were waiting with a 5 year old.
The Arc de Triomphe and the view from the very top!
We added our lock to the love lock bridge. This thing was loaded with lots of love!
This is the City Hall. And a big screen going up for the World Cup game!
We happened to visit Paris the exact weekend they played Germany in the World Cup. It was interesting to be in the resteraunt and root for Germany (since we live here) and be around all the Parisians! They are serious about their futball!
This one needs no introduction. Humongous.
We all know this lady. And for those of you who haven't been to the Louvre, This is literally like an 8x10 photo. It was much smaller than I expected, but still, how many can say they've seen the Mona Lisa at the Louvre? Score!
Louvre. You go into the pyramid, go down escalators under ground, and it branches off into four separate wings from there. Which have their own separate wings and so on and so forth. We went two days in a row and still didn't see everything!
Jarden de Tuilleries. One big gorgeous park!
By the end of the trip, I had a great time! The first part was a little difficult with the hotel, but the trip was amazing. Again, if you go to Paris, stay close to the Seine!
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