I can’t remember the last time I’ve walked this much. Paris is one of those cities where everything is in walking distance – or if its not, a Metro station is.

Breakfast at our hotel is utter rubbish. Just croissants, disgusting boiled eggs and a coffee machine. Nothing is fresh, its all processed food, from the tinned fruit salad to the cheese and jams. These hoteliers should really come and visit SA to see how breakfast should be served to customers. It’s not as if we chose the cheapest hotel either. Other than that, the room is clean with modern finishes and clean bedding. So no complaints there.

We visited the Arc de Triumph, Eiffel tower, Louvre museum as well as walked up and down the Champs Elysee. With rent as high as $1.5m for 100sqm on the Champs Elysee, you can understand why things are so expensive there. I was surprised to see car manufacturers Peugeot, Citroen, Mercedes Benz and Toyota had showrooms – not for their current cars, but for their concept cars, racing cars and memorabilia you can purchase.

We had lunch at one of the cafe’s lining the Champs Elysee. A small margarita pizza starter and a choice of either grilled chicken and “french” fries or a pasta medley. The wife had the pasta, I had the chicken. I should of rather had the pasta – it was really good! Washed it down with an espresso each and the bill came to 26 Euros. For the amount of food and location, it was well priced.

We then visited the Louvre and saw the Mona Lisa. Anything else worth seeing there? Other than that the Louvre is massive. Its like the size of Canal walk x 12 and then doubling that next to it.

We never went up the Eiffel tower – the queue was way too long and the view from the Arc de Triumph is said to be way better than the Eiffel tower. At 8pm there was a lightshow with music on the tower. That was really amazing to see. Oh, and the richest man in Paris isn’t some banker, oil trader or some businessman. It’s the guy that owns the little take-away joint across the road from the Eiffel tower. It’s a completely stand-alone shop with not another one in sight. We each had a chocolate crepe with ice-cream from this goldmine for supper. 7.50 euro’s, but who’s counting? At least the coke was of average price at 3.50 Euro’s. :)

Have I mentioned Paris has some really beautiful women? They must have the highest ratio of pretty girls per square metre in the world.

That’s it for Paris. I would love to come back to Paris for more, just next time stay a little longer and take it more chilled. Summer must be amazing here, especially with all the lovely women around. :)