clockwise: Mel, Geradine, Selvam, Me. my lovely companion for 2 days in Paris.
i love Paris so much, i think i am going there at the end of the year for holidays.
with my concession ticket, of cos.
who want to go with me? must ownself pay la. i is not print money one.
[btw, the 'I heart Paris' word is a photo of my newly bought tshirt from a cheapo popo souvenir shop.]
on touchdown day, we slpt a little, and we went all out for sightseeing. i think we visited 4 or 5 tourist attractions in a day, taking the train here and there, stopping by to take photos.
1st stop, the Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
equiped with a map, the 4 of us figured our way through the multiple metro line and with Selvam as our tour guide, and with Geraldine's vague memories of her previous trip, all went well and we were super efficient in getting to our destinations.
inside is canot take picture, but i still took. the Basilica of the Sacred Heart is actually a roman catholic basilica dedicated to Jesus i think.
the black and whites.
is chio. i dont know why but i have the tendency to take black and white photos in European countries. must be the architectures.
2nd stop, Moulin Rouge.
the ever so famous and well known Moulin Rouge.
we walked there from Sacred Heart, took photos, and left.
next time got chance i is wan to go watch the musical.
3rd stop, the Pantheon.
before going to the Pantheon we stopped by a park. and we concluded that the people there likes to do nth and sit at the park to pass time.
there were really alot of people idling at the park can. see the 2nd and 3rd photo on the top row. the people were staring at a pond with a few ducks. or reading. or talking. there were no concerts, no events but people just sat there and enjoy the breeze and sun.
Geraldine and I persuaded Mel and Selvam to take the jumping photo but they die die also dont want. say we old fashion and they have enough of jumping photos. ee. so unfriendly.
the Pantheon is a church where many of France's 'you ming you lian's men and women are buried. we paid like 5 euros [$10 SGD] to go in and see tombs and feel the eerie-ness.
i really love the huge and tall pillars of the site.
very grand, very stable, very elegant.
my lovely room mate in Dubai, Manila and Paris.
eerie, hollow, and silent.
they have like rows of "cave" like tunnels with alot of tombs together in a "cave". and outside the "cave" will be the names of the people who were buried inside.
i is dont know them and they is dont know me too.
inside is no photo taking too, but i see many ppl taking photos like nobody's business so i follow too.
the 1st photo on the bottom row shows a golden ball. the ball is suspended from the very high ceiling and it swings left and right constantly. below the ball is a base with numbers on it, and the swinging of the ball tells the time very precisely.
i dont know how it works, but ya. it really works.
4th stop, Notre Dame.
Notre Dame is very chio.
rmb i had to do a presentation of this when i was still in poly, during my french class. [ yes, i took up french for my dont-know-what-lesson-is-that-called-already class. but now i is canot speak a damn thing abt it alrdy.] never would i imagine myself being able to see the real thing a few years later.
chio chio chio. we were just in time to hear the bells chime. so yue er, and the chimes gave me a very serene feeling.
i kept telling Selvam he looks like a bangladeshie and he is very pissed at me. =x i said that becos he poses like one in all his photos.
the interior. the coloured glass thing is very chio. although my camera canot capture a very good quality of that, but it is chio enough i think.
sunset.
i dont know y the planes like to make streaks of white lines in the sky. like tic tac toe.
when this cute lil boy was walking behind Geraldine, i shouted to her "Geraldine!! ni hou mian you jiang si leh!"
she turned around and jumped at the sight of him.
lols....
5th stop. the Effiel Tower!!! much loves.
the magnificant iron tower.
must take more photos. is chio one.
esp at night. camwhore like dont know what although it is just an iron tower. but its really really cool. and romantic. and impressive. [ and AQX, now i know why last time when u came back from Germany u kept talking abt the Effiel tower liao. and still buy the ugly small Effiel tower keychains. BECAUSE ITS DAMN ROMANTIC. ok. BTW, i also bought the keychains
hahaha. bangala photo.
moments after we reached the tower, it started to bling!
ultimate chio-ness.
i know i use the word chio alot of times already but its really chio wad. i dont know how to describe liao. and i am too tired to think of any other fantastic bombastic words too.
really the best room mate ever leh.
we walked abt in the room in bras and panties and we dont really care. hahahaha.
Mel and I.
and thats the end of day 1, ending with a nice dinner near the Effiel Tower.
i had a very bad foot ache at the end, but it was just all too worth while.
day 2 was purely spent on shopping.
and taking a photo while passing by Arc de Triompe.
and more shopping.
spent about 1300 euros in the 4 storey LV building but sad to say, none of those items belong to me. which is good because i didnt anyhow waste money.
Mel and I took a train to the outskirts of Paris because we wanted to go to the outlets. and at the outlets i bought the Longchamp bags which are cheaper compared to boutique prices. Angel msned me abt the directions and after an hr of train ride, we finally reached! [Angel , the shopping centre that u ask me to walk to the end is big one lor. =.= ]
my buys. only the I heart Paris shirt and the khaki coloured Longchamp bag is mine.
[and ya, Gia, the brown Longchamp bag is your Bday present. lol. is no need to surprise u liao because i already told u liao. is no blue colour so i bought the brown one. can hor?]
i hope my yr end trip is made possible!
