Lily's class in France: Paris

In Paris two of the big stores called Galleries la Fayette and Printemps decorate their windows like Myer and David Jones do in Melbourne. Galleries la Fayette has an enormous Swarovski crystal christmas tree hanging inside the shop and their windows are Disney princesses and Louis Vuitton.

Printemps has windows designed by Christian Dior - they are really beautiful.

We walked down the Champs Elysee, the main Avenue running from the Louvre and its gardens down to the Arc de Triomphe at night to see the Christmas lights and the market - there were thousands of people but it was so pretty and we then went back during the day time to go on the ferris wheel and look at the shops and the Arc de Triomphe.

We went on a boat ride around the Seine, we were able to get on and off the boat so that we could walk around and then get back on the boat, i really liked it, it was really great fun, we saw the Eiffel Tower from the river both at day and night, the Notre Dame Cathedral, the padlock bridge, the Musee D'Orsay and lots of amazing bridges.

I think Paris is really pretty but I hate the crowds and all the people pushing and they are rude and dont say thank you or excuse me they just push you around. The Metro (the underground trains) was fun the first few times but it can be really crowded and smelly and theres lots of stairs to walk all over the place - everything is rush rush rush.

We are staying in an apartment it is quite cool, it is in Montmartre near the Moulin Rouge - I wanted to go but mum says I cant because its for adults and a bit rude. We are also close to Sacre Coeur which we went to see at night - it was really beautiful. Some of the shops in the neighbourhood are a bit rude too but it is still very pretty in most of the streets its just one part thats a bit yuck.