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Your chance to win a fabulous Paris themed prize!
17th February 2016
As we head out of winter and towards spring in the Northern Hemisphere, our thoughts turn to romance – and where better than Paris, the city of love, to feature in our competition this month?
We have a fabulous Paris themed prize to be won. Packed in a beautiful book box there is a copy of Nina George’s delightful The Little Paris Bookshop in which Nina’s characters meander south from Paris on a ‘peniche’ through the canals down to Provence, plus a bound Paris notebook, plus two beautiful greetings cards, plus an Eiffel Tower key ring!
To win this great prize, all you have to do is complete the Comments box below with the one thing you would like to do in Paris this spring. It’s that easy!
The competition closes at midnight UK time on Saturday 27th February, and the winner will be the fist name out of the hat on Sunday 28th.
Good luck!
The TripFiction team
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Congratulations to Claire whose name was first out the hat when we drew the prize this morning! The Paris themed book box full of goodies will shortly be on its way to her…
Well,I’d stay in one of the little charming hotels, have cafe au lait and a croissant each morning and spend my days walking the streets and photographing quaint side streets.Of course I will check out all bookstores, especially Shakespeare and Co.
I’m lucky enough to be meeting up with an old friend in late March, outside the Louvre. Looking forward to catching up with him over a bottle of fine wine after enjoying some great art, hopefully enjoying a view of the Eiffel tower twinkling in the evening sky.
Strolling around the hidden streets and enjoying the wonderful atmosphere.
I would love to wander along the banks of the Seine in the sunshine with the blossoming trees
I would like to kiss on top of the Eiffel tower and enjoy romantic view <3
Wandering along the Seine in the spring when the trees are just coming into leaf and the air bears the promise of warmer days to come. Bliss!
I would love to eat in the restaurant at the Eiffel Tower with the beautiful city spread out below me
I would love to dine in French bistro!
Revisit Versailles and the Sacre Coeur
I would love to visit the Eiffel Tower first, then stroll around, and then settle and relax at a sweet Cafe, feeling good about being in Paris and the comforting atmosphere.
I’d love to spend a Spring day just strolling around Paris with my husband soaking up the atmosphere. Last time we were there was 7 years ago, pre-wedding, pre-engagement and even pre-kids and it would be amazing to be back there – no wonder I need my Paris novels, kids won’t allow us to actually go back anytime soon!!
I’d be happy just sitting on the steps of Sacre Coeur watching the world go by.
I want to visit a skatepark and eat a croissant – At the same time obviously
I would go in search for little book and anquite shops!
Enjoy some freshly baked bread and a glass of wine on the banks of the Seine!
I love to try macaroons and sit in a lovely French coffee shop by the sein
have a glass of red wine in the cafe in the Tuileries Garden watching the world go by
I would love to go up the Eiffel Tower with my family.
Whenever I have visited France I love going to their local markets both flea markets & food markets & I’ve heard that Marché Bastille is a must in Paris especially in Spring when food is in season so my idea would be to fill up a picnic basket & walk to a beautiful park to enjoy the French tasty delights.
I would love to visit one of the cafes in Monmatre and watch the pavement artists and then look around the Sacre Couer.
Climb to the top of the Eiffel tower, then have afternoon tea at the Georges V.
I would love lunch on board one of the Seine river boats and then just stroll around taking in the atmosphere
Laying a single flower outside the Bataclan Theatre. Then going to watch Paris St Germain lose.
After living in Paris for three years, what I miss most about Spring is having a picnic under the Eiffel Tower with a bottle of champagne, a perfect baguette and a stinky cheese.
I’d like to meet the barge and barge driver who would take me on all the canals and rivers in France…
Finally check out a real french croissant! And then stroll the streets looking for awesome shops & bookshops 🙂
I would love to revisit Montmartre and try and imagine where Vianne Rocher and her daughters Anouk aand Rosette in Joanne Harris’s book “The Lollipop Shoes” lived. I have been before but that was many years ago. I would also like to revisit Le Musee d’Orsay where the wonderful film “Hugo” was filmed.
Walking round the city stopping off at the effiel tower and the many lovely green spaces with a good book
I would love to stroll the streets of Paris and taken in the sights and sounds.
It’s got to be a visit to the Eiffel Tower with my husband as we have never visited Paris together!
I’d love to have a meal at the top of the Eiffel tower.
Browse the bookstalls along the left bank.
I would just love to walk on the Love Lock bridge with my husband to celebrate 16 years together by locking our names on the bridge:) next best thing would be to visit the island of temple romantique..it’s like a little tiny private island with a temple, away from everything else:) I love Paris xx
I would love to visit bookshops in Paris. I have heard great things!
To meet up with old French friends and make new ones. Eat at a familiar cafe and at a new to me bistro. Paris is beautiful in the Spring, rain or shine.
I would like to explore the area of Paris where the young Mozart stayed in 1778.
I would love to go to Paris and sit outside The Dome with a good coffee reading about Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre
I would love to go to Paris and sot outside The Dome with a good coffee reading about Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre
To have a picnic on the square de vert galant. Sat by the river with views of the Louvre, and the gardens and trees in spring bloom. After food, a glass of wine ready to watch the sun set over the Seine, tis the dream 🙂
Paris is somewhere I have always wanted to visit but have never had the chance. I think my first stop would have to be the Eiffel Tower
I would like to see the cherry blossoms on the Eiffel ground cos I’ve always loved cherry blossoms =)
Sit outside the new coffee shop at Shakespeare & Co admiring the Notre Dame & watching the world go by.
Strolling at the Musée Rodin if the weather is dry and if it is raining the Catacombs
I would drink coffee in a cafe eat macaroons, shop in Chanel and visit a bookshop. I would try out my very limited French language and find someone to fall in love with.
I would love to go back to the Louvre Museum, as well as going to a wonderful restaurant.
I’d love to explore the Bois de Vincennes, the largest park in Paris.
A stroll along the Champs Elysee in the spring sunshine with blossom falling from the trees. Magical!
I would love to stroll along the river seine with my husband hand in hand, and stop at a little café for lunch and drinks while admiring the beautiful view, and deciding where to explore next.
I would love to find a quiet coffee shop with seats outside in a lovely setting. Sit in the sun, drinking a Chai Latte & reading my favourite book. ❤️
I’d love to browse the many independent outdoor bookselling ‘bouquinistes’
Paris in the spring! Conjures up a myriad of delights. I think the one thing I’d really like to do is take a boat trip along the Seine, being wined and dined in style.