#12 Christmas shopping

There's no doubt Parisian department stores are top-notch and, especially at Christmas time, it's well worth checking out the beautifully decorated store windows and displays. There was a monster of a Christmas tree in the Galeries Lafayette department store this December - so much so the sheer height of it was difficult to capture in a photo. Decorated with sparkling Swarovski crystals, the tree stood 21m high under the gorgeous domed roof!