Magical terrace in Paris

No need to say Paris is a wonderful city. As it's often the case, to see the city from above is even more beautiful (or it's just me who love to see any place from above?!). 

As it happens, one of the most beautiful views over Paris is from Montmartre hill.

But when you have the chance to enjoy this wonderful panorama from a private terrace with a 360° view instead of among a huge crowd of tourists... Well I'd say this is kind of magical! :)

Follow me...

One of the perks of having a hubby working in real estate ;)

And no, before you get too excited, this is not our home... although we live really close... in a first floor apartment ;)

One of hubby's clients, who lives in the building, kindly told us to go on the terrace once to enjoy the view at sunset.

It's  a shared terrace for all the building's residents, but fabulously it was just the 2 of us! Can you believe it??

I mean, if I lived there, I would spend all my time on such a terrace: it's huge, you have wonderful view, there are sun loungers, tables, chairs & even a bbq! 

Anyway, luckily for us, we could enjoy the terrace, the amazing view & each other's company in total tranquillity :)

Sipping prosecco & nibbling on burrata and grilled vegetables (I'm still Italian for food! ;p)

Can one ever get tired of this view??

& it's not only the panorama, but also to look at the charming & typical Parisian roofs it's a never-getting-tired-of view!

We sat there chatting & happily watching the sky changing colors until the stars shine.

& when the sky becomes pink, the real show begun...

Call it magic... <3

Rhianna concert in Paris!

End of July,  to end in style a yet special day, we went to Rihanna's concert in Paris with all our friends. 

I've been wanting to watch Rihanna live for some time, so I was pretty excited when I heard she was having a new tour & coming to Paris :)

The concert took place in the football stadium north of Paris, we took the tickets a couple of months ago, & I must admit that now I was a little bit scared of going there, among a huge crowd, with all the awful things happening in the world, but eventually we decided we can't stop living & off we went.

At the beginning of the show, there were two singers I didn't know, but they were pretty good. Except that one of them was on the stage wearing a bulletproof vest... Which I found quite strange as if he was really scared, he shouldn't have been there & if that was his stage costume it was in poor taste...

Anyway. Eventually Rihanna arrived, entering from among the public & going up an aerial walkaway leading her to the stage.

I was expecting a huge show, like when I saw Beyonce or Britney Spears, & I was a bit disappointed: there was no scenography, no special effects, no beautiful choreographies... Just a couple of dancers. Except for a glimmering jumpsuit, Rhianna wasn't wearing anything special... She was singing in playback, and that's ok, but sometimes she just put down the microphone even though her voice was still singing... It was very strange.

(You'll see everything in the videos below).

& can I say it? To say it politely, she was constantly touching herself in between her legs & I really found it annoying...

There was a very beautiful moment though, when she said some kind words about what happened in France and asked everyone in the public to light up their phones & sang Diamonds.

As you can see in the video below, it was really, really beautiful to see all those little lights :)

Nevertheless, I happily sang & dance, we were super close to the stage & I had a very good moment. 

She even sang Umbrella, that is one of my favorite songs :) I'll leave you with this one!

...It's raining, raining, oh baby it's raining, raining, baby come here to me, come here to meeee...

Avocado toast & Louboutin

Avo toast & Louboutin sounds like a perfect combo to me, doesn't it? :)

If you read my blog, you already know that for our first wedding anniversary, hubby offered me a pair of Louboutin! *heart eyes emoji here*.

But he wisely decided we should go together to choose my new Loubi.

As the good things often come in pairs, I stopped by his office on a Saturday morning to have lunch together before shopping.

I heard of a new coffee place making avo toast & I obviously had to check it out, more it was literally around the corner from hubby's office.

Fragments is a tiny, cute coffee place in the Marais, that serves breakfast all day long, chia pudding, cakes, good coffee & obviously avocado toast!

We were lucky enough to find a table & we settled down among a mostly foreign crowd, happily chatting while waiting for our lunch to arrive.

Avocado toast for both of us plus iced latte for me & fresh orange juice for hubby.

Now I'm pleased to announce that Fragments offers the best avocado toast I had in Paris so far!!! (& I tasted all the avo toasts available in Paris!!).

Full & happy, we continued our way to Louboutin, where I tried so many wonderful shoes.

Eventually, we chose our 2 favorites: a pair of black pumps very classic on the front, but with some sort of flames on the back going up on the ankles & a more princess-like pair of shoes, pinkish & sparkling...

Can you guess which one I picked-up? ;)

Yup, I went for the sparkling, pink shoes!! I wanted something more special & particular & I wanted to feel like a princess <3

But it wasn't an easy choice ;)

I can't wait to wear them, even though honestly, they're not the most confortable shoes in the world. ;)

They're really for princesses, for waiting prince charming to pick you up on his white horse so that you don't have to walk! ;)

Anyway, they're so beautiful, I think they worth a close-up ;)

I said before that good things come in pairs, but I should have said they come in threes. As if tit wasn't a prefect day yet, we went to Rihanna concert that night!

I'll show you some videos & pics from the show tomorrow, now let's stay focused on these beauties <3

Underwater Paris

I'm gonna stop the Prague adventures just for today to share some images of the Paris flood.

I've never seen the city like that, the Seine is so high there's almost no space anymore under the bridges, boats are stuck, the river banks have disappeared, as well as the tip of Ile de la Cité...

On Sunday hubby, my camera & I went for a long walk & headed to the Seine to see the unnatural, underwater landscapes.

Well let me tell you it's impressive. And somehow scary.

This weather is so not normal. It should be summer & instead it's raining cats & dogs, it's cold, the Seine floods Ile de France...

It's like nature is rebelling against what we're doing to the world. It's kind of creepy actually...

And I don't if it was because of the flood, but the sky has been white the last couple of days. There's a weird light. Like if it was foggy even though it's not really foggy. 

It seems like an horror movie about the end of the world...