Welcome back travelers! On this adventure we're meeting the Mona Lisa.
"I was not expecting this. Wow. Here we go." We indulge... scoot... go underground
exploring the catacombes. "This is dark tourism right here."
Beneath the soaring Eiffel Tower as we visit
our Top 12 Must See spots in Paris. Welcome to Paris.
Over the next three days, we're exploring the city of love
and lights! Starting at the Louvre. "You got your pass?"
Let's step inside the world's largest art museum!
What an entry! The glass pyramid and former Royal Palace, dreamy!
We purchased our tickets in advance
online last night so we would skip the queue! It's a really simple process
Tickets were 17 euros. We chose a morning
session which was 11am. Booking a time slot is key because the museum has
10 million visitors a year. It is so big and busy it's overwhelming. 5,000
years of history under one roof here and it is
quite spectacular inside with over 380,000 objects, there is no way we were
going to see it all in one day. But, we're going to give it our best shot.
Here's some Leonardo da Vinci, Micheal Angelo, Egyptian antiquities
and... some... sculptures. Crowds have been coming here since its
opening in 1793. The most popular attraction? The Mona Lisa.
Where do you think all these people are going?
Upstairs
This is the second level. Strap yourselves in and take some deep breaths.
Oh you want to be in the video?
Is it always like this? Always always. Okay. It's crazy!
I was not expecting this. This is like the paparazzi here.
Crush to smithereens. Everyone wants to look. They're literally pushing people along.
Oh here we go she's gonna get moved along in a second.
Yes with first cab off the rank here. All right here we go!
So there you are!
Three and a half hours later.
This is the token
photo that you have to do when you come to Paris.
What is this??
There we go.
Perfect thanks babe! We've come to realize in Paris that public transport
is about as slow as walking so we have picked up some Lime Scooters!
How do you do it again?
On route to the Notre Dame embrace the bumps.
Oh this is a pretty cool way to see the city huh?
12-minute ride 1.4 k's 3.40 Euro each pretty pricey but that was heaps of fun.
Our 7 euro scooter adventure got us
close to the Notre Dame. 850 years old the medieval catholic
cathedral still stands.
The heartbreaking moment as the spire of Notre Dame topples into the flames.
France's president has promised to rebuild Notre Dame within five years.
For now barriers block the entrance and works are underway,
so this is the closest we'll get.
Before taking a stroll up the Seine River
at sunset to finish the day because tomorrow we're getting fat.
Got one of these... and one of these. When in Paris indulge. Cakes, croissants
and baguettes the works!
How much was it? 30 bucks.
Wonderful thank you!
That was the best dessert, ever.
Rather than work it off - scoot!
It's so slow! I don't know if it's because we're fat!
It's like barely moving!
Do you reckon this is highly illegal? No i think it's perfectly legal.
This next stop is about to send a shiver up our spines.
We're going underground for a bone chilling experience.
This is dark tourism right here. Tickets are 14 euros each.
Beneath the city streets, five stories down,
past the metro train tunnels, lie the Catacombes of Paris.
It's eerie. As soon as you descend the temperature drops to 14 degrees celsius.
Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh. There are so many!
6 million human remains are down here. Oh I got shivers hey. Gives me shivers being in here.
being in here. Got the creeps! So why are there so many bones down here?
And where did they come from?
The circuit is 1.5 kilometers and takes around an hour.
Yeh, I know, there was about 30, or 40, maybe 50 more than I though there'd be.
That a bit of an experience! "You liked it?"
It's different! Thank you! I really wanted to find a
thrift shop in Paris and we ended up here. Meet Ahloem.
So you are welcome! Come with me. John made a new friend as i thrift shopped
back there. I can present you this machine which makes
some coconut ice cream. It's very good stuff hey look inside.
It's pretty good. This is association. Rose makes this cake
to have some a little money. This is our action everyday.
Bring some people around the world. Shout out to Australia
this is Les Grands Voisins. Play some table tennis!
We're now on our way to see a 130 year old tower
which is perhaps the most recognizable man-made structure on the plant.
We are at the stop for the Eiffel Tower,
so excited! Again we purchased our tickets in advance to avoid the queues.
What time is it babe? It's 11:30. 11:30. What time's our ticket for?
11:30. Are we're gonna make it? Yeah. No, seriously? Yeah. We are.
Okay, well that's good.
So we're just going through checkpoint two. Just went through
security and here in the gardens it seems that you're able to access it for free.
So if you're on a budget this is the
closest you can get without paying your fee.
It's so cool. We opted for the stairs rather than the elevator.
Merci!
How many stairs have we got to go babe?
328 steps to the first level and 1665 to the top.
Along the way signs helped us gain an appreciation of the build. It has
two and a half million rivets and is made up of around
60 tons of paint. So while we're up on the second floor
I'll tell you a little bit about the Eiffel Tower so
it was actually built in 1889 by Gustav Eiffel. Parisians actually held
a competition and this was the winning design.
Initially the locals didn't like the building in
fact they despised it, they said it was an eyesore.
But today it's a timeless piece and as you can see
there are so many visitors. Since it was erected
there's been almost a quarter of a billion visitors
walk up this structure. This is the view from level one.
and level two.
Back on the other side one and two.
Half an hour away you'll
reach a row of green trees lining a popular shopping strip
featuring high-end designer brands to the affordable Zara.
At the end of the street is one of the most famous monuments in Paris.
I'm really struggling to speak in the French accent so i'm just going to let
John say their names. That's the alt the trion?????????
Arc de triomphe.
Champs-elysees
John pointed out this roundabout. It is so crazy just waiting to see an accident
happen before our eyes. Oh.. Oh! Avoided that car. I just...
Despite the insane traffic people stood in the middle of the road for the
perfect picture. That is very dangerous.
With so many tourists around drivers didn't seem phased so John and I
just risked our lives and we got a cool photo at the very end.
Change lenses in the middle of the road! Oh my gosh!
As we make our way back to the Eiffel Tower for a sunset picnic
we stroll past some of the ritziest hotels in town.
All the magnificent cars parked just off the Champs-Elysees. At the front of the
hotel they're literally just like guys taking photos of the cars and photos of
themselves with the cars. I'll put the street in the description below.
On route to the Eiffel tower... we're just
about to see the memorial for Princess Diana. The Princess of Wales died in a
road accident in the tunnel below. The Flame of Liberty became an
unofficial memorial.
Despite the accident happening in 1997 today there are still flowers laid for her.
Just a 10 minute stroll away from here is Rue Cler,
dubbed one of the best market streets in Paris, where we're hunting
cheese and wine, because we're going to take it over
to have a little picnic at the front of the Eiffel Tower.
It's just a few minutes walk away a busy spot bustling with people.
The gorgeous view we just demolished all the cheese that we've
brought. That's all that's left. Kristina eats it straight like this.
Oh my god we forgot to bring a knife! John and i just bought all our amazing
food from Rue Cler. It's only about five minutes
away from the beautiful park that looks over the Eiffel Tower so if you
want to grab some cheese and some beautiful desserts
and some fresh fruit like the locals do then head over there and then
a quick little stroll here, "this one, okay that sounds good do you think, are you happy with that one?"
Wonderful. 20 euro a chicken! That is like
forty dollars aussie.
Like wine and beer and keychains.
It's actually annoying. I feel like i'm sitting on a beach Bali.
Cheers, out of our plastic cups. With our beautiful wine. To Paris.
If you want somewhere to have an awesome picnic after of course the front of the
Eiffel Tower here at Luxembourg Gardens.
I think Luxenb???? It's Luxembourg.
and there are so many people out and about. It's a Saturday. We stayed at the
three-star Fred Hotel, paying around 220 a night which included
breakfast. Not bad for Paris for early September.
But before leaving for the Netherlands we took a last glimpse and then
we're off to the airport.
Cannabis starter kit.
That's so cool!
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