Sunday in Paris

After another nice breakfast at the hotel we headed to Montmartre where Mia wanted to see a house close to Sacré-Coeur that was in a movie she watched (The summer I turned pretty)

Around the corner it was very crowded and touristy

 Time for some bubble tea

After trying to find a toilette on Champs-Élysées we met our friends for some ice skating at the Grand Palais

Discussing some serious issues:

With the sun setting the light turned magically

Then the special light effects started

After the ice skating we headed to the Champs-Élysées at night

A stop the the Stranger Things sales event at Galeries Lafayette

 
Expensive cars in a  side street with fancy stores

Interesting people as well

Then we ended our walk at the Palais de Trocadéro with a view of the Eiffel tower

 Just in time for the sparkling at 22.00 h

Then we had time for some group pictures

Back at the hotel close to midnight were the metro station was covered with advertisement for a new Netflix show

Saturday in Paris

Our first full day in Paris started with a dusting of snow along the Bassin de la Villette where our hotel was

 

After a nice breakfast we headed to the suburbs to see a housing complex Les Espaces d'Abraxas that was used as a backdrop for the Hunger Games and other movies

Another post modern housing complex nearby that was also used for movies

Then we had lunch at Mia's friend's uncle's place

By bus, RER and tram we made it all across Paris to St. Cloud to see the Lumiers en Seine light show in a park

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A ride on the carousel just like on Mia's first trip to Paris 10 years ago

A nice pizza after a long cold walk in the park 

Back home in an old metro car from the 60'ies on line 10

Trip to Paris

The first weekend of the new year we took thr train to Paris to meet the family of Mia's exchange partner from the French Island of La Réunion. They were in Europe over the holidays to visit an uncle. 
After arriving at the Gare de l'Est we header to the hotel at the Bassin de la Villette we liked at our last trip in July of 2023. 
At the hotel we met our friends and then headed by metro for an early dinner at a Japanese restaurant

After dinner we walked over the Place Vendôme

We ended at the Christmas market at the Tullerie gardens