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22nd December
Today was our first full day in Paris. We met Lisa at our hotel at around 11am. We walked all the way from our hotel to Baby, The Stars Shine Bright, through Bastille. It should've been around a 30 minute walk but there were many interesting camera shops that we were all interested in. At Baby, I tried on a few dresses but one Alice and the Pirates dress was really nice. I didn't buy it, but I DID think about it all day. Might go back and buy it tomorrow. What do you think?
We had lunch at a nice restaurant, and I foolishly got an entree AND a main (they had some special lunch deal), which turned out to be a ridiculous amount of food. I didn't finish, but I did nearly explode. Lisa and Charles had normal amounts of food.
We decided to walk to Angelic Pretty and then to Notre Dame. On the way to AP we spotted a Muji and had a nice time in there. Muji is a really cool shop. We bought a couple of things and best of all, picked up a catalogue. Awesome perusin' ensued!
We went to the address where AP was supposed to be, but found a shop called Boddywood instead. It stocked a lot of Milk dresses, and also Hellcat Punks (not want), Vivienne Westwood stuff, and Melissa shoes. I could tell that before I saw them because of their heady perfume.
We figured out that AP was actually ABOVE the shop, and asked a shop girl who took us around the back and up to a bright pink apartment where they had the Angelic Pretty shop. It was kind of awkward - a super tiny room with bright pink and red walls and huge dresses, while the shop girl stood and looked at us, and I tried to be casual… but I did not buy any AP dresses. They're too crazy! Oh my gosh!
After that experience, we took the metro to Notre Dame. When we got outside again, it was raining! We hurried into the cathedral, where it was warm and dry, and especially beautiful. It was SO nice. It's really big. I don't know… it's great. It's real good. Go there?
We walked to the city hall (Hôtel de Ville) where there was an an outdoor ice-skating rink. For christmas i guess? It was pretty, and the roof of Hôtel de Ville lights up! Over the road was a famous department store called Bazaar Hôtel de Ville, where we spent a while perusing and having coffees. It was nice!
Then: it was raining even more! We took the metro home and picked up some delicious cold salads and tarts from the bakery. We're eating in our hotel room! Fighting over who gets to eat what salad! (ps the prosciutto salad is the best)
