A weekend trip to Paris turned out to be a lot of fun and a lot of walking! Here’s Haleema and Musa pretending to be statues to earn a little extra cash!
Statues!
In need of a break we decided to pay a visit to Paris for the weekend. We had some vouchers for the Eurostar so we did a bit of online research and phoned up a hotel and got a good deal for room.
Set off to Waterloo at a ridiculously early time in the morning in order to catch the train to Gare du Nord in Paris. Two hours later and we were there.
We got on the Metro and using a very useful iPod app (Metro Paris) found our way to the hotel which was south of the city centre.
After checking in and dropping off the bags we set
out to explore the area. Alhamdulillah there was a small halal restaurant just opposite the hotel so we had burger and chips for lunch and then set off into the city centre. 
After a short ride on the Metro we got off and decided to walk along the river to check out the timings for the boat rides and to see the Eiffel Tower. We just missed the boat! We went for walk around the Eiffel Tower but the queues were massive so we decided not to bother going up the tower and just hung around at the bottom until it was time for our boat cruise.
We had to wait about 45 minutes before heading down for the cruise. The cruise took us along the river to Notre Dame and then back again. During the cruise we went past many of the famous Paris landmarks.
Back on dry land we decided to walk back to the hotel taking in some of the sites. From the Parc du Champs de Mars across to the Paris Mosque for dinner. They have a great restaurant where little birds fly around hoping to pick up scraps.
After that is was back to the hotel and after a quick stop at the supermarket for snacks for the evening it was time for bed and rest for the next day.
Next day it was back to the mosque and a trip to the tower block (I forget the name) where you can go out onto the roof for a panoramic view of the city. Better than the view from the Eiffel Tower I would say, not that I have been up there to compare it. 
After a very chilly 50 minutes it was back to the tower and time to get off. It was starting to get dark now so we headed back towards the hotel via a long walk.
The next day we went for a trip to a famous tower block in the city centre (name escapes me) where you can go right to the top and out on to the roof for some spectacular views over Paris
