La Fin

maxi dress, spring scarf, Chucks, Montmartre

When: April 27 // Weather: 60s and sunny // Real life: traveling home from Paris

maxi dress, spring scarf, Chucks, Montmartre

maxi dress, spring scarf, Chucks, Montmartre

maxi dress, spring scarf, Chucks, Montmartre

maxi dress, spring scarf, Chucks, Montmartre

Well, here we are. My extremely drawn-out Paris vacation recap has come to an end. Friday morning we had time for one last breakfast and a stroll through Montmartre before heading to the airport. We went to Café des Deux Moulins, the café from the movie Amélie, purely because it’s the café from the movie Amélie. The food isn’t anything special but it is pretty darn charming. In other words, it is your quintessential Paris café. 🙂

When I said going to Paris was my number one life goal, it was no joke. And it was everything I dreamed of and more. Thanks for letting me blab on and on about it and post a million pictures on Instagram, because I know I will love looking back at all this content some day (like probably next week) and remembering those 6 days in April 2018 where my feet and back were in immense pain but I didn’t care because I felt like I was finally home.

I was wrong about one thing though: I figured once I went to Paris, my life would be complete and I could die happy (preferably in a few decades). But no! Now that I’ve been, I want to go back! How could I die having only been to Paris once?! And now that I’ve seen what else is out there in the world, I want to go more places. The Napa Valley. Italy. Anywhere with wine and/or cheese, really. Wisconsin.

Anyway, thanks for joining me on my little travel journey. Hope you enjoyed! See the rest of the Paris recaps here: {Day 1} {Day 2} {Day 3} {Day 4} {Day 5} {Day 6}

Dress* // Shoes // similar Bag // Sunglasses // similar Watch

*Dress purchased with gift card provided courtesy of Shopbop.

Bonjour, Paris!

cropped white jeans, striped shirt, white Chucks, Musee Rodin

When: April 22 // Weather: 80 and sunny // Real life: Day 2 in Paris

cropped white jeans, striped shirt, white Chucks, Musee Rodin

^^My Audrey Hepburn “bonjour, Paris!” moment.

cropped white jeans, striped shirt, white Chucks, Musee Rodin

cropped white jeans, striped shirt, white Chucks, Musee Rodin

cropped white jeans, striped shirt, white Chucks, Musee Rodin

cropped white jeans, striped shirt, white Chucks, Musee Rodin

In Paris, I learned to embrace air dried, “undone” hair. I wish I could say it was my choice to let go of my perfectionist tendencies, but it was actually because our electrical outlet converter ended up being too weak for hair tools. C’est la vie, right?

Day 2 in Paris was another GORGEOUS one. We started out in Saint Germain, which is somehow quaint and fancy at the same time. All the shops were closed because it was Sunday (don’t worry, we went back!), but that meant we could just wander the streets without distraction. We walked to the Musée Rodin, which took awhile because I stopped to take a photo of every cool door I saw. Turns out there are a lot of cool doors in Paris.

The Rodin museum was absolutely amazing, and it made me wonder why it got no mention from any of the many many friends who offered recommendations for our trip. I may be looking for new friends, so if you enjoy good art, wine at lunch, and early bedtimes, please send me your headshot and resume.

Next up was lunch (with wine, of course), then Place de la Concorde, which was high up on my list of must-sees because I have been obsessed with Gene Kelly and An American in Paris since I was a kid. I know the movie was just on a sound stage in California, but still. I had tried to convince Kristin to learn all the choreography before our trip, but weirdly, she did not follow through.

Our next landmark was Notre Dame. I took a whole class on Gothic architecture in college, and I finally got to see this baby in person! It’s a tad more impressive when it’s not in a PowerPoint slide. I’m glad we were there on a Sunday because we got to hear the organ and the bells. (Quasimodo, is that you??) We found Shakespeare & Co. bookstore by accident (although we had both heard of it), and it is quite possibly the coolest bookstore ever. I don’t think I can ever go in a Barnes & Noble again. Barnes & Noble doesn’t have a cat.

We ended Day 2 with one of our fancier meals, on the terrace at La Rose de France. It was almost perfect, except for the table of Americans next to us who were discussing politics. EXCUSEZ-MOI, WE CAME HERE TO GET AWAY FROM THAT.

Those were all the big things from Day 2, but I know I’m missing some of the little things we saw and did along the way. Did I mention Paris is full of magic at every turn?

Shirt // Jeans // Shoes // Bag // Sunglasses // Watch