Paris in January

Paris in January

My trip from Toronto to Paris 🇫🇷 ✨spoiler we packed EVERYTHING in Day 4✨ This trip isn’t as spontaneous as what I usually do, however it’s a relaxing trip. Not a lot of sight seeing and museums stuff haha.
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Day One

We started in Toronto Pearson airport, and as usual they lost my luggage:)

Anyways we got on our connecting flight to Montreal. The a red eye flight Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. However it took a while for them to file my lost luggage. (This is why AirTags are so important!)

Paris Marriott Champs Elysees Hotel
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Our hotel is near the infamous Champs-Élysées. We were so jet lag so we napped untill 7 and went to see the Acr De Triomphe

Arc de Triomphe
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Day Two

In case you forgot, I lost my luggage. Thank god I have an AirTag that tells me my luggage arrived Paris. So I woke up, went to Zara and buy some cloths and I had NONE… stroll around Champs-Élysées and realised oh it’s Paris Fashion Week😂

Yayoi Kusama’s monumental installation.

Anyways I got so frustrated after tackling with the luggage situation for 4 hours then got back on track🫶🏻

Carette Cafe

We heard about the infamous hot chocolate and were in the area, so we thought we would check it out. The hot chocolate is extremely rich but a bit overpriced (12 euros). The location was lovely as it’s only a block away from the Effiel tower!

Funny enough we got the the king cake: they hide a small trinket or figurine inside, like a bean, a coin, a nut, or a tiny baby figurine. If you're lucky enough to find the trinket in your slice of cake, you get to be the "king" or "queen" for a day and are believed to have good luck.

And we got it😂

Right across Carette is the Effiel tower! we went there at 8:00 to see it sparkle✨

Carette
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La Tour Eiffel✨

We took wayyyyyyy to many photos then head back to our hotel.

Eiffel Tower
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Day Three

Unfortunately we’re in the mist of STRIKE 🪧

So we waited 30min for a train but it’s already cause our plan today is DISNEY!!!!!

Day Four babyyyy

So it’s day 4 where people starts to get tired of travelling🤣 I decided to explore Val d'Europe while my friends sleep in🫶🏻

I grabbed breakfast at Moulin de Chessy

Moulin de Chessy
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And of course I bought stuff from the outlet mall

La Vallee Village
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Thennn we’re on our way back to Paris zone one

We got off at Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre and went to another Instagram worthy cafe

✨Angelina✨

( I’m not a photogenic person so bare with me lol)

This place has a long history and hence it's popularity. Very tasty pastries but you pay their price. I don't think their famous chocolate is as unique as it is sold though. The service was very slow. It’s still worth the hype I guess🫠

Angelina
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Musée du Louvre 🏛️

It was close to Angelina so we walked there. We didn’t get tickets to get in the museum, but we did take photos!

⚠️I’ve spotted a lot of clear cups scam in this area tho:/

📸Rue Crémieux

Another instagrammable spot!

Honestly I forgot how we got there lol.

Rue Crémieux
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📚Halle Saint-Pierre

Halle Saint-Pierre
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🍝✨ Pink Mamma

We didn’t reserve a table a head of time but we only waited for 20ish min.

I loved it!!! Every floor gives out different vibe. The food was delicious, we ordered truffle pasta and pizza and it was amazing. Cocktails cool and staircase are instragram worthy haha

✨there’s a speakeasy downstairs✨

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Okie and that’s basically it

I didn’t plan anything tbh

Paris🇫🇷🥖🥐 - By Serene · Serene

https://maps.app.goo.gl/CxxZuSBLPitrfnwDA?g_st=i

✈️Flight Details

Air Canada: YYZ-> YUL ->CDG ; FRA-> YYZ

Lufthansa : CDG-> FRA ( Check out my Frankfurt layover guide!)

One checked bag 🧳

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Hey guys! I’m Serene, a girl in her twenties who travel spontaneously. Raised in Hong Kong🇭🇰, Based in Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦. This is more like a blog than a guide cause I am extremely spontaneous. However I will defo share my favourite spots to travel around the world! Stick around🫶🏻 I travel with standby ticket so I never knew if I could get on a flight or not, which also explains why I only have one carry on luggage during travels🧳
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