The mighty Alps span eight countries, but did you know that they’re also home to a number of…
Times visited: 2 (1 week in 2002, 1 week in 2012 and 2 days in 2019)
Cities visited: Paris and Nice
Villages visited: Marne La Vallée
UNESCO sites visited: Paris, Banks of the Seine
France was one of the first countries that I visited, on a family trip to Disneyland Paris. Unfortunately, I can’t remember a lot from that trip, but I’m sure it was a lot of fun for mini-me!
Ten years later, I travelled by bus to Paris with three friends on my first ever trip without my parents or grandmother. We spent a week in the beautiful city, exploring the Catacombs, eating lunch by the Eiffel Tower, seeing Notre Dame, shopping on Champs-Élysées and enjoying the view of the city from Sacre Coeur. I really enjoyed this trip and my new-found freedom to go on trips with friends (next stop, solo travel!).
And solo travel I did. I returned to France in 2019 during a solo journey through Southern Europe. My stop in France was short, in fact I only had an afternoon to explore Nice. The reason behind this was that I wanted to explore Monaco and I used Nice as my base. Thankfully, I found a few hours to explore Nice, a city I came to enjoy much more than Monaco. If only I’d had more time!
