To see what our tired legs brought us to seehttp://picasaweb.google.com/guai.ah.lian/Louvre
Then we went to Notre Dame before meeting Shang Chye for dinner at Fontaine Saint Michel. This fountain is a meeting place for everyone and there was even a robot dance to entertain us while waiting!
Outside Notre Dame...
Fontaine Saint Michel...
The french onion soup is wonderfully rich with cheese =)
Yummy chocolate mousse!
He told us about his experiences and showed us to the bookshop where the leads met in Before Sunset or was it Before Sunrise? It was nice with a furry kitty and I decided I wanted to watch the show even though it was the wrong order to do things, people dream to see the place after watching the show not the other way round.
He told us about his experiences and showed us to the bookshop where the leads met in Before Sunset or was it Before Sunrise? It was nice with a furry kitty and I decided I wanted to watch the show even though it was the wrong order to do things, people dream to see the place after watching the show not the other way round.
Xianhong and Shang Chye... he's a very nice guy, a little blur but so amiable...
But I did read about Versailles and determined to see it. The queue there was super long and anyway, the garden alone was impressive enough. At the top of the stairs, one could see a long path stretching ahead with a central man-made lake and gardens at the side.
But I did read about Versailles and determined to see it. The queue there was super long and anyway, the garden alone was impressive enough. At the top of the stairs, one could see a long path stretching ahead with a central man-made lake and gardens at the side.
http://picasaweb.google.com/guai.ah.lian/VersaillesGarden
Our train ride there was scary though, the train a young staff told us to take stopped before Versailles and then turned back all the way to the other end of Paris! In darkness at high speed! Luckily the train driver calmed my panicked nerves when I pulled the emergency stop frantically.
Back in Paris, we went to see the Arc de Triomphe and Eiffel Tower. Nearly everyday, there would be a ceremony held at the Arc and we caught the one for Australia. It was all very serious, with veterans and flowers and solemn singing.
Our train ride there was scary though, the train a young staff told us to take stopped before Versailles and then turned back all the way to the other end of Paris! In darkness at high speed! Luckily the train driver calmed my panicked nerves when I pulled the emergency stop frantically.
Back in Paris, we went to see the Arc de Triomphe and Eiffel Tower. Nearly everyday, there would be a ceremony held at the Arc and we caught the one for Australia. It was all very serious, with veterans and flowers and solemn singing.
The Eiffel was worth the costly entry fee. The top view was amazing, and it was fun to whizz up (we had learned from our experiences to squeeze near the window, else you'll just be breathing in armpit smell). I didnt find it romantic though, how to with gazillion people around?
http://picasaweb.google.com/guai.ah.lian/EiffelTowerThe last destination was the church, Sacre Coeur, which was featured in Amelie (very whimsical film). I think this has to be my favourite church. More from the serene atmosphere than from the refine artwork inside (they were really beautiful, too bad no photography). It also has a pretty name, Sacre Coeur means sacred heart. To complete the loveliness of it all, there was a harpist outside and hearing the deep thrummings on a warm, balmy day is something magical.
The merry-go-round at the church's base in Amelie...
Sacre Coeur, Sacred heart...
Harp music...
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