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Shopping in Paris...
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Mum's taking me to Paris for 3 days tomorrow, to celebrate my 20th.
I've got £200 spending money, but I'm not sure how far that'll go being somewhere like Paris...
Has anyone been to Paris recently and is it going to be totally out of my budget? I'm looking at handbags/purses, silver jewellery, makeup and tops/trousers....
I've got £200 spending money, but I'm not sure how far that'll go being somewhere like Paris...
Has anyone been to Paris recently and is it going to be totally out of my budget? I'm looking at handbags/purses, silver jewellery, makeup and tops/trousers....
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Hope you have a good time
I've never been to Paris but I'm sure it'll be like anywhere else, you can probably find some nice little cheap shops up the back streets.
ETA - Oh and £200 won't do you. Look at £350 at least.
Have you SEEN THE SIZE OF PARIS?! :razz:
There's like 483920483920489230 back streets. Ha.
Start at Les Halles, and then go to Garde Norde I think it is. Les Halles for the first day, then Garde Norde the second and obvioulsy Champs Elysee
Just can't wait to start shopping
But why go somewhere thats everywhere. I'd take advantage and go to Paris specific shops. Or at least something you can't go to where you live.
And have fun Iilora
i though it was french , never seen one over here
Sorry, my bad, I see one in every mall so I just assumed. BUt yes, if your in the mood for make up, leese has the idea
Go to a perfumery place type thing too, I remember going to one there, where they mix and match and make custom perfumes for you, oh it was good.
Wanted to see Moulin Rouge but it's like 90 euros each :eek2: too much for a 3 day trip. Maybe next time...
All the more fun then! :razz:
Go on the baton mouche down the River Seine and go up the Monparnass Tower, aaaaaaaaaand Per La Chez God, I wanna go.
I've been three times, I love Paris so damn much ha.
is it really that cheap to get to paris for the day? wow
I must get a group of people and go some time. When i have a job and money of course :impissed:
she lives in scotland too so maybe cheaper the further south you live?
eta: or i'm assuming £20 is the eurotunnel charge and she has to make her way down there.
Mmm yeah, I'm just in the mood for that kind of short break. Culture, coffee, sightseeing. I'm not a big shopper at the best of times though, and holidays are what I take to get away from tills and carrier bags. Each to their own
aye, jet2 fly to paris from leeds/bradford for peanuts :thumb:
I went to Paris thinking it was a quaint, beautiful and relatively cheap place and it's totally the opposite. It's horrible. It's dusty, dirty, HOT.
The shops are expensive and all chain stores. There aren't any 'boutiques' as far as I could find and the shop staff are snotty as hell and EVERYTHING is overpriced. 3.20 Euros for a 500ml bottle of Coke. :mad:
We spent what time we had on a tour bus doing the sight-seeing thing, and going up the Eiffel Tour - had more fun that way.
I took 280 Euros, and came back with 280 Euros. Sorely disappointed.
I'm now going to the BullRing in Brum to spend some money
I can see why some people love Paris, but it's not for me. Mum's the same. She's now looking at New York instead :hyper:
Sorry to say but you'll also find its dirty and smells of pee, with overpriced chain stores
Sorry to hear it wasn't what you wree expecting
But thanks, it wasn't a wasted 3 days, I had fun (sunburning 2 shoulders, a nose and a scalp on the top of a tourbus) but it was an experience (drinking champagne out of plastic champ flutes in a renaissance style *** hotel room ) But I have to say, Paris has some of the most beautiful men I've ever seen :flirt:
Ah well good to hear it wasn't all bad Did you go to any perfume places? How about the food
The food was yummy! Had italian on the first night, and grilled salmon the second night (and again for lunch the next day, it was so good!!) :thumb:
I dont think many places have loads of little independent boutiques anymore unfortunatly. Everyone wants chainstore clothes in general.
Apparently paris is getting its first topshop soon w00t :rolleyes: