Showing posts with label paris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paris. Show all posts

Monday, June 26, 2017

Jardin des serres d'Auteuil

 Hello dear readers, here are some shots I took at the Jardin des serres d'auteuil in may. It's the botanical garden in Paris, which was found in 1898. It's a real green oasis in the buzzing city, it's just so calming to sit on one of the benches outside and read a good book. You're probably forgetting that you're in a capital city.

The garden has beautiful old glasshouses, one with cacti, one with orchids, one with succulents. The big glasshouse is like a tropical greenhouse with banana plants and tropical flowers.
A perfect little hide-out from stressful urban days.




Saturday, June 03, 2017

Travel Diary: Paris

Hey lovely people, this week I went to Paris, for 4 days to be exactly. It was such a great experience to visit the city in may, everything was bright and blooming.

Our hotel was located in the Montmartre area, so the basilica of Sacre Coeur was not far away. We bought a ticket to climb the 300 somewhat stairs, walked around inside the dome and had a great view over the city. The Montmartre is my favourite area in Paris, also because of all the cute art stalls and all the copies of famous artworks you can get there.

In our neighborhood we had a little bio foodshop, which I discovered already the first day and of course bought some little things there: Some snacks for on the go and a shampoo. Also the offered chilled coconut juice was very welcome for me, b.c. the weather was soo freakin' hot! 

Day 2 we climbed the Eiffel Tower, saw Notre Dame [I strolled around at the art stalls and bought some beautiful little posters]...I also bumped into Shakespeare and Company again and looked at all the books, but didn't buy anything there. I still have so many books that are waiting to be read...but this time I saw the cat who lives in the shop!
Honestly, I am not a big fan of sight seeing [And much less because I already saw every monument 2 times before]...So I went a little bit vintage shopping in The Marais and visited my favourite food place in all Paris: Wild and The Moon. I enjoyed a super duper yummy Acai bowl topped with coconut flakes, banana & their homemade granola (it was heaven!) and a blueberry-lavender-latte with almond milk. This place is wonderful, everythings organic and plant based, high recommendation!!!

Since I am a big fan of Jim Morrison I really wanted to see the house where he once lived, so I went to a pilgrimage to rue beautreillis 17 and stood there, in front of the house where he lived. Some kinda strange when I think about it.

The prettiest parc I visited was the Anne Frank parc. It lies between houses in the sun, and many many roses are growing there. While we were sitting on our bench, we watched a painting course who used the parc as a scenery to paint. I

In the evenings we bought a bottle of rosé wine, some chips and searched ourselves a pretty place at the riverside of la Seine to watch the sunset between the old parisian houses and have some talks. It's quite cool sitting there, it's a meeting point for many many people, who are sitting on blankets, enjoying wine, baguette, cheese, tomatos and other yummy things.

Paris is a wonderful, charming city, full to the brim with art and pretty things. If you haven't visited yet, do! You won't be disappointed.






Saturday, January 21, 2017

Travel Diary: Paris



 It has been a little bit quiet here I must admit.
But today I am coming up with a new travel diary post. The beginning of the new year started with a little city trip for me and the boy: We went to Paris!
~ ☯ ☼ ☽ ~
I already went there in 2004, but this time I discovered it in a different and new way. It was cold, and january is maybe not the best season to explore a city, but we were lucky with the weather.

In three days we saw a lot: The Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, the jardin des plantes, Notre Dame, The Eiffel Tower, Sacre Coeur, the Montmartre, Moulin Rouge, Père Lachaise graveyard [to see the grave of one of my favourite singers ever: Jim Morrison], Musée du Louvre, Shakespeare & Company bookshop, where I bought a few books, some vintage shops and cute restaurants and cafés.

It was such a great time, I hope to return later this year.






And here are some restaurant/café recommendations for all the vegan people

1. Hank Burger ♥ The place for yummy burgers (obviously).
2. Wild and The Moon Lovely place for breakfast (try the acai bowl) and little snacks or just to work on your laptop and sip on a smoothie or a hot drink.
3. Végét Halles ♥ Burgers, Hummus, plates with veggies...there's a big selection of yummy things.