Ah Paris!

The flight from Nice to Paris was just about an hour and since it was an early morning flight, we just slept through it.

My cousin had told me that the Paris Metro is pretty good. But when you actually end up using it, you find it truly amazing to find the many routes that take you from one point to the other. It was a breeze to get to Daumesnil, where our hotel was, from Paris Orly airport.

The hotel was actually 10 steps from the Metro station and the room was pretty small but very nice & cute. Surprisingly check in was at 2 pm so we just hung around, shopped for some groceries at the supermarket, had lunch and then checked in.

After resting for a bit, we headed to see the Eiffel Tower. The metro takes you 5 mins from the tower.

The queue was horribly long and it took us nearly 2.5 hours to get to the main lift. Every lift which went up or down had a minimum 30 min waiting time.

But every minute of waiting time is worth it. The experience just leaves you spell bound. We were lucky to get to the 2nd floor in daylight and the top floor during the night. It was freezing cold all along but we had loads of fun.

We must have taken countless photos since every view is spectcular. The view from the top is amazing and you can pretty much see all of Paris.

We were dead tired when we got back to the hotel, 6 hours after we started & 5 of which we were standing. We opted for sleep instead of dinner, which was a pretty good idea.

Day one is Paris was very tiring and exhilirating as well.