Bonne journée from Paris! This blog post represent the last day of our Europe trip! Our last day's activity involves visiting the Eiffel Tower up close, visiting the Arc de Triomphe, the city of Paris and lastly, shopping! An interesting experience we had underneath the grand Eiffel Tower. Conmen/pickpockets acted as surveyor, asking us to fill in survey form and donate money with a piece of paper. But guess what, underneath the paper their hands were poking our pockets, unsure they were signalling us to donate or trying to fondle our pockets to see what's valuable inside.
The city of Paris is big indeed. Even the roundabout around the Arc de Triomphe is huge!
Saw people riding Segways around Paris, I want to experience that too!
Few friends and I decided to explore the city of Paris thoroughly on our free-and-easy day while others went to shopping in La Fayette for branded stuff like Longchamp handbags and perfumes. Although plenty of walking required, I did not regret with my choice to stray away from the shopping pack!
Palais Garnier, an opera house, stunning.
I have no idea what these cute thingy are called!
Supercar + nice view = Perfect
Not sure what building is this but the posters on the building is rather intriguing.
After watching a popular Hong Kong drama called 冲上云霄2, everyone was so hyped up about Pont de Arts, a pedestrian bridge which crosses the River Seine. Lovers will attach their padlock on the fences of the bridge, which is said to be able to secure their relationship. To believe or not to, is your call :)
One of the stories I've heard in my childhood is Hunchback and the Notre-Dame, where the story is inspired by the Notre-Dame Cathedral. I guess the only hunchback in the photo below is me :(
A beautiful park at the back of Notre-Dame Cathedral WITH WI-FI!
Louvre Palace. Home to myriad of valuable arts and the one-and-only Mona Lisa painting by Leonardo da Vinci. (Do you think that the 'real' painting is hidden somewhere by the government, just like what is shown in the '2012' apocalyptic movie?) Best thing is, entrance is free for students!
Give Louvre Pyramid a 'like'!
Long, long corridors awaited us with many magnificent painting and arts displayed proudly for the admiration from the public.
We had to pass through many corridors and painting to get to the gem of Louvre - Mona Lisa. What's special with the Mona Lisa painting is that it seems like she is staring at you no matter you look at her eyes from any angle!
Huge painting were displayed at the opposite of Mona Lisa, for our admiration as well.
Another art worth mentioning in the Louvre is this carve. Looks like a soft mattress underneath but it's a solid art! Brings carving into another level!
After hours of exploration, we joined back with our tour group and continue to explore Paris while sunset is arriving soon. Our tour guide is generous enough to let us witness the Eiffel Tower light up at dusk, and lots of photos were taken while waiting for it to happen!
In Paris with love...
You won't believe how much effort we put in to capture this moment! A friend of mine made the love shape with his fingers while I mount my camera in his arms. Wait, did I said 'his'??!! LOL!
The final group photo before we leave Paris and back to the UK! It was a great trip with everyone!
So here it is, the last photo from our Europe Trip, the Eiffel Tower with its light on, illuminating the whole steel structure to the world.
There we were at Calais again, boarding our ferry back to the UK, this time around we spent some time in the on-board store where perfumes and chocolates are sold at reasonable price, duty-free! Bought a Guylian chocolate for my aunt at 4 Pounds, but I found the same Guylian product in Malaysia costs RM40! What an extortion...
Sorrow filled the bus as we headed back to Sheffield, a feeling of emptiness engulfed me too. Thankfully, my friends enlightened the atmosphere by singing and all of us sang along! It was momentarily like High School Musical in the bus!
NEXT - Scotland!
No comments:
Post a Comment