Paris

Owner and i have just returned from a wonderful weekend in Paris, what can i say, it was amazing. Owner planned the trip as part of my 50th birthday present from Her. We travelled out by Eurostar after work on Friday and returned on Sunday evening.

Paris is a city i know well and love, having once had a flat there in the days before i knew Owner, but She took me to places i had never visited before. On Saturday we travelled out to the Chateau at Versailles to take in the old imperial splendour and walk in the gardens. We were blessed by wonderfully dry and bright weather and had a lovely trip out. That evening we dined at a lovely little restaurant near our hotel in Montmartre in which i was allowed to feast on duck and also enjoy an exceptionally tasty desert. The food was delicious.

Meal over Owner then took me to the Moulin Rouge to watch the showgirls (and boys) in the world famous cabaret and learn a few poses and moves to try myself. Again, i was treated in that Owner allowed me to have a half bottle of champagne watching the performance. The show itself was camp and over the top but good fun and i was left in awe of the outfits...i really, i mean REALLY do need one of their amazing feathery outfits and how they do the high kicks and splits like they do i will never know.

Sunday, after breakfast in the hotel it was then time for Owner and i to do a little cabaret inspired photoshoot with Owner as photographer par excellence and me as Her muse. Owner had bought me a wonderful basque, knickers, fascinator and new heels for my birthday to wear for the shoot and we had a great time. We shot inside the hotel room, in the corridor and outside on an elevated walkway that connected two parts of the building and which also had a wrought iron staircase. This outdoor space was accessible to anyone in the hotel and visible from a number of the rooms, the occupants of at least one of which got to see me posing in my heels. i loved it and was left on a high for the rest of the day.

Photoshoot over we then had time to wander at our leisure around Montmartre, enjoy lunch and an afternoon coffee before returning to Gare du Nord and catching the Eurostar home. It was a truly wonderful birthday weekend and i feel like the luckiest 50 year old alive.

Here are some shots from the weekend, first from the photoshoot:

And some shots from out and about over the weekend in Paris and Versailles

Moulin Rouge

Sacré-Cœur

Montmartre

Versailles

Owner and i inside the Moulin Rouge waiting for the show to start (you were not allowed to photograph the actual show)