Paris! How lovely, how grand, how majestic! How vast and how exhausting! So much to see, so much to eat and so little time! a mere 3 days..... We walked by the Seine, and around the city.. we hit the sites.. the Louvre (admired from outside), the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, Monmatre and Sacre Coeur, the latin quarter... we walked and walked and metroed all day long. We ate crepes, brioche, croissants, salade nicoise, pomme frites, tarts and even french onion soup..
We saw many people walking around with baguettes, fresh from the bakery - albeit without the stripy top and beret.. The Parisians patiently listened to our horrendous french and smiled when Ivan greeted them with "Au Revoir"! (its funny cos its true) .. We wandered around in the evening, when Paris lit itself up and when the Eiffel Tower sparkled. (as above). We rode the metro confidently, tunnelled our way through the city as if we were locals.... except for the relentless map checking and popping up completely disoriented in random plazas and large roundabouts, no one would have known. 
We sat in cafes and rested our limbs, drank chocolat chaud (as it was very very cold), ate the tart of the day and watched the world go by. One of the best experiences would have to be the Artist's market we went to... with great art, jewellery and curious crafts. After 3 days, happy and exhausted, we carefully packed the few objects d'art we bought at the market into our small 10kg limit cabin luggage for the cheap Ryan Air flight back to Dublin, from some little known Airport 80 km away from Paris central.
L-R The Seine, at the Louvre, shadow puppets and big polar bear at Musee D'
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...Paris Metro, Sacre Coeur, Eiffel Tower: Looking very tall! 
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