Bonjour! I recently blogged about why we need to think about what we photograph and why. Despite some of the comments I made about the
hyper-tourism I experienced in Paris, I of course took a few snaps myself which
I wanted to share today alongside my thoughts on the city. Wow, it was a while ago I went to Paris! This dissertation has completely taken over my life and I can’t wait to be back blogging properly soon!

Paris … I had visited once before on a school trip but I was excited to return as an adult and explore the city with my Mum and Aunty. It was my Aunty’s first visit outside of England ever – she even had to get her first ever passport for the trip – so we wanted the holiday to be perfect. We had a lot of touristy places planned but I’d also left us some free time to explore the city and eat some wonderful French food.

However, we were really disappointed by the lack of anything ‘Parisian.’ Perhaps my Instagram obsession had set the bar too high, but I was half-expecting to be swimming in macarons, eating perfectly cooked steak and having pastries for breakfast. Instead, we found it almost impossible to find any local patisseries or restaurants as the only options appeared to be burgers, chips or hot dogs – not exactly what I’d expected. There were obviously huge hoardes of tourists, which I can’t really complain about since I was one of them, but I just found the city to be generally not what I have envisaged.

I still enjoyed Paris and don’t regret the trip but there are many other European cities which I have preferred and am more excited to visit in the future. What did you think of Paris? Most people I know love the city, so I’d love to hear your thoughts! Am I simply wrong?