Partir à Paris! Cultural part

Before traveling to Malaga with my family, I went to Paris with some friends! I've been to Paris 3 times before - but it had been 7 years since the last time. I thought I knew the city so much better from my previous stays than I actually did.



Last time I went in the Notre Dame cathedral and in my head it was small and unimpressive. It was everything but. I loved the feel of it because - and I know it may be a lame reason - I had so many songs from The Hunchback from Notre Dame going on in my head and I was astonished to see how alike the movie-cathedral and the real one were.



Esmaralda sings while walkinggggg. That was all I could think of in there.
And some delicious Korean food. It was my first time tasting Korean food, haha.



I love gates and gateways. Seriously sighed audibly over that golden gate there.



Yours truly reflected in sunglasses, Louvre pyramids and funky art inside the main pyramid.



Modern, antic and classic art where everywhere in the Louvre. It was my first time visiting and was actually the only thing I was craving to see. It was really fun seeing a lot of pieces I've seen in study books during my art class last year.



Of course we saw Mona. Surrounded by tourists flashing her face every second. Man, no wonder she's breaking... I was surprised of how big she was! I've heard how small she should be and had expected a tiny painting.



I loved how much the museum changed all the time. One minute it was royally dolled up with gold all over, another it was raw and modern.



Hercules punching her arms offfff - remember that from the movie? I think she's a Venus... And some headless angel?



Funky mirror in a "royal" room. And big-ass staircase.



Walking around the city we found this bridge! There were countless love locks and I just thought it was incredibly sweet. But then again, sometimes love isn't wanted. And maybe she was a bitch?



An adorable couple on that very bridge. Sun setting. Romantic, yes?
And I'm pretty proud of that first photo, haha!



There are so many quirky shops in Paris! I loved these two - the retro chocolate shop and the pinkPINKpink perfumery.



I find the Metro signs very sci-fi-looking. And yes, I am just chilling in the middle of the street.



LOOOVING Paris. Can you tell?



L'Opera is so sublime. We didn't have time to enter, but even the facade took my breath away.

But some of my followers may wonder... Wasn't I supposed to participate in Japan Expo in Paris? Wasn't that the entire reason for my going? Yes it was. And the con-stuff will come in the next post.

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Experiencia Malaga! Part 2

We only lived 20 minutes from the sea and I just had to jump in. It was colder than I expected! But very refreshing nevertheless. I was so happy that it was windy, so that waves came crushing in - it makes swimming so much more fun.



We went into Malaga city one day to look around. Their high street was very open and light - and so tall compared to Copenhagen! I bought some sale items that I will share with you guys later on.

Being close to the sea of course meant a lot of fish for dinner and lunch. I tasted ray fish for the first time, which was an interesting try. I liked it a lot to be honest, which makes me sort of morose since rays are one of my favourite sea animals.



Oh yes, seeing the Jonas Brothers on a cracker cover really was a mega chok.

Whenever I use euro I feel like I spend so little money, because 7,5 kroner is 1 euro. It can be dangerous in the sale season haha!



Sun, freckles and buying pool toys.



It was one nice pool. Really spacious when it was just the 5 of us!



I've seen stalactite caves before, but apparently this was the biggest in the world. It was huge, I must admit. But the ones I saw i France seemed just as big.
When you step into one of these wonders you fall silent, just as you would do when you stepped into a church. Awe enters every particle in your body, when you try to wrap your brain around the concept of nature creating it all.

Oh, and apparently Jabba the Hut visited the caves as well!



Sun setting and my father in darkness.



It was so nice to just disconnect from the busy world. Out house had no internet, no television and no radio. But in the end I was craving blogging, reading Mugglenet and chatting up friends. I had even bought drawing books like the ones I used when I was 5, just to give myself something to do.
So I was looking forward to returning home.



Our house was in this city - Canillas de Aceituno. The arrow shows the spot.



And the sun set on the final day. We packed up and enjoyed our last night visiting a restaurant where - SURPRISE - a wedding took place. We bid the wonderful mountains farewell and watched the water in the lake move around.



Driving to the airport, we had to stop because a horse stood in the middle of the road. We had heard something resembling a horse outside our house in the middle of the night and were please to know we had not been imagining the stray horse.

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