What Wegan Did Next: Valentines Day in Paris!

Bonjour!
It is finally time to update you as to what we got up to when we gallivanted off to Paris to celebeate our first Valentines Day together.

When I booked tickets, I luckily got a deal where tickets to sit in the superior carriages were slightly less than starnard. Thanking you! We got given breakfast on the way, and Whitney was in LOVE with the bread (she LOVES food.. & you'll find out more about that in something new coming from Whitney.. ooh intrigued?)
Anyways I digress. Our hotel was in Monmarte, near Sacre Couer. We got a deal on last minute for a 4* secret hotel. (Though I easily guessed it via Google). The room was very nice and the red theme was very suitable for our Valentines Day trip. (Little did we know we had somehow been put in an upgraded room without being asked, so we disputed this when it came to check out and got it for free.)

As we had got there before midday, we headed out to do some exploring in Paris. Our first stop was to visit Sacre Coeur as I had never been to it before. It took us a little while to locate it despite being so close!

It was a bit of a hike but the views are amazing, as is Sacre Coeur itself.

We then moved on to find a place to experience our first French food of the trip... We stumbled across the cutuest little restaurant, and how Wegan is it?!

We enjoyed French onion soup (delicious), and omelette and of course, a nutella crepe. YUM.

We took a stroll down Champs Elysees where we visited Whitney's favourite store- Louis Vuitton! we were informed that it is the second biggest Louis Vuitton in the world and of course, it was the first Louis Vuitton store to open. Whitney restrained herself and came away with a Louis Vuitton tour guide of Paris, to go with her LV London tour guide that she has.

Our next destination was to visit Wegan's favourite monument- the Eiffel Tower. No matter how matter times we see it (this was our 3rd trip to Paris), it is still exquisitely stunning and breathtaking.

The Eiffel Tower is even more beautiful at night. I could look at it forever.

On our route home we came across the Moulin Rouge- it was literally down the road from us. Unfortunately it's a bit of a dodgy area with lots of sex shops. We had one man come up to us to sell us weed and then wouldn't leave us alone.. Whitney told him where to go but we got a bit freaked out.

After a long day out it was definitely time for bed- we crashed out!

The next day was Valentines Day!!! <3

We woke up and shared our cards in bed... yeah Megan got Whitney 3. (One had sparklers, one came with a 3d heart and so really the one with the Eiffel tower on is the PROPER card!.. See my thinking?)

We continued the tour of Paris by venturing to the Louvre first.

We then went to see Pont Des Arts for the first time which is a bridge where people have started to add padlocks to symbolise their love. We will definitely add to it when we return next time! Definitely makes you feel like you are in the city of lurve. Though what surprised us was the lack of obvious romanticism on Valentines Day. Not sure what we were expecting but just seemed like an ordinary day. But it wasn't- it was the day to celebrate LOVE!

Being the gays that we are, we went to the gay district of Paris- Le Marias. We went to a super cute cafe where we had yummy coffee and macaroons! (Though Whitney enviously watched another couple eating croissants dipped in hot chocolate...)

We tried to find the gay bars/ cafes we had come across before.. we but couldn't. So we entered into a cool looking bar called 'Who'. We ordered mimosa's and enjoyed the ambience. As we were getting our coats to leave, one of the waiters came up to us with free cocktails due to being a couple in love on Valentines Day- Aw! <3

Due to being a vegetarian there was difficulty in finding a restaurant for us to have Valentines Day dinner.. they all had set meals of meat and had no alternative for that night. So instead we reurned to where we stayed in 2008- La Bastille, and went to Planet Sushi. In 2008 this was Megan's first time tasting sushi! Whitney loves sushi and so was very happy to return. Again, we crashed that night- why is exploring SO exhausting??

We took a trip to Versailles the next day to visit Marie Antoinette's estate- now she's a girl after our own heart (& was into ladies too!) When we got there we tried to buy tickets and were confused why they were saying we didn't have time to visit her estate as it closed in an hour and a half.. Until we realised it's a half an hour walk from the palace to her estate! WOOPS! We decided to fast march and go to it anyway as we had gone all that way. We were rather amused when the woman asked Whitney if she wanted a tour guide in RUSSIAN... haha. It's the hat ;)

That night we had decided to celebrate Valentines Day dinner and chose to go to a place listed in Louis buittons book and only 15 minutes away. However when we got there we were told it was fully booked for the night. Did we nearly cry? Yeah lol. We ended up going to a bar/ restaurant down the road and still had a good night.

The only downside to being in Paris was... the MEN! My goodness. We couldn't get over how they STARE!!! They don't even look away when you realise they're doing so... they stare even more and some had a horrid smirk of their face. Walking around we felt constantly under the male gaze. At the place where we had our dinner, there was a creepy man sat at the bar staring at us ALL NIGHT. He met up with no-one and only left his gaze when he went to the toilet or for a smoke outside. He was on his phone alot which caused Whitney to think he was planning a kidnapping of us.. We agreed if we leaves at the same time as us to stay behind. We got up to leave, and as did he!! Luckily we were not followed and it was all in our head. The waiter that served us was very funny- or so we thought. He seemed rather harmless, despite joking that the next picture he takes of us is with out clothes off.. As we went to leave we went to say goodbye and he pretty much groped me and demanded I leave my number. Instead we left our blog address!! haha. He was clearly not happy with this result and still tried to woo me outside. Whitney had had enough and informed him that I am her fiancée, to which he argued that he is my fiancé. This went on for a while until we realised we were being seroous... and then said he's very feminine and that having sex with him would be no different.. MEN! How many of you rolled your eyes during that?? lol.

Overall we had an amazing time being back in Paris, and we can't wait to go back again! :)