The cousins hit the capital!

I love having visitors and I especially love having the family around so I was very excited to show FRW and MN around Paris for the week. I am very lucky that we have such a close family and most of my cousins are all similar ages so we have all grown up together and get on extremely well. With that said, we had such a great week relaxing in the summer sun, exploring museums, getting drenched in tropical rain storms, hitting the summer sales and just having a blast. 

The first night we gathered up some goodies and headed down to the Berges to have a little picnic. The Berges are a summer event in Paris and are pretty much the coolest thing. Little pop-up restaurants and bars line the river banks and everyone heads down to sit by the water and have a good old catch up. When you are done watching the world go by and breathing in the summer atmosphere, there are always musicians and bands to keep you entertained. My favourite thing is seeing people dancing alongside the river, just grabbing a partner and dancing to a merry tune. 

The next day we picked up a few velibs and cycled over the the Parc Andre Citroen, a lesser known park but well worth a visit. This is mainly due to the fountains which you can run and cool-off in, as well as the hot air balloon that you can ride on that gives an incredible view of Paris. We visited a little italian restaurant and bought a couple of pizzas to eat in the park, hidden in the shade of a tree. 

The next few days were filled with patisseries, sunbathing on the Paris plages, a quick visit to the Palais de Tokyo, the Little Black Dress exhibition and just wandering around the city enjoying being lost. We learnt about perfume in the Fragonard perfume museum, visited the Galeries Lafayette roof, soaked up the sun in Parc de la Villette and had one too many ice-creams! 

 We found the greatest street art ever and may have spent slightly too long pretending to be butterflies! 

This girl knows how to shop! 

The girls have been gone for a few days now and I have complete withdrawal symptoms, we had so much fun and the apartment is very empty without them here. Thanks for a great week girlies! 

Mood - So grateful I have such a fun family 

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