Here's a few photos to keep you going:
The view of La Seine from the top of the Eiffel Tower - if you're afraid of heights, this will either cure you... or leave you clinging to the doors of the lift (clinging to lift doors is not advisable)...
View from the top of the Arc de Triomphe - the view down the avenues from the top of the Arc de Triomphe is fantastic, you can also see most of Paris' other major monuments from here...
Notre Dame - The area around Notre Dame comes alive at night with street entertainers, singers, dancers and roller skaters. I suggest you head across the Seine to Cafe Panis for some to die for mouleaux au chocolat (seriously, it's so fecking good it was a struggle not to lick the plate) and then enjoy the nights outdoor entertainments beside the Cathedral.
Everyone is also welcome at mass in the Cathedral, although the service is in French they have short readings in English and Spanish...
Visitors to Jim Morrison's grave at the famous Père Lachaise Cemetery have written tributes to the Lizard King on the back of the toilet doors.... its easy enough to find his small grave tucked away amongst some hugely ornate tombs. Oscar Wilde is also buried here - visitors write messages to the famous writer/poet across the walls of his tomb...
Standing at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower looking to the top. There's a fantastic park with benches scattered throughout just to the side of the tower - we had lunch there.... eating a thoroughly French lunch of cheese, bread and croissant beside the Eiffel Tower is a free and relaxing experience and one I highly recommend...
What would Paris be without wine... eh....
Take the train to Disneyland - tickets start from only £48 (adult price) and I can honestly say it was like having all my childhood dreams come true.... for just one day my 24 year-old-self became 10 all over again - we rode Space Mountain twice.... I need a Space Mountain in my garden...
paix et d'amour (peace and love)
GT
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