It's Euan again and it's time to share my experiences when I was in Paris!
The first official travelling day was started by an unexpectedly long walk to the Louvre. Considering that we stayed at the Tonic Hotel at Les Halles-Châtalet which was just a good ten minutes away, we took a thirty minute walk because our map skills weren't up to par (something to work on).
Finally, we managed to stumble upon the legendary Louvre pyramid, and the view just blew us away. In my opinion, the pyramid and the buildings around it encompass mixed characteristics of simplicity and intricacy.
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| The Legendary Louvre Pyramid |
After a dizzying maze of corridors with complex paintings, marble sculptures and a very, very long hallway, we managed to stumble upon Mona Lisa. The painting was enclosed in sort of a cabinet, with the front side composed of a thick glass pane.
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| My Best Picture Of Mona Lisa. |
There was about fifty tourists gathered together near the painting. It was believed that Leonardo Da Vinci painted this from 1503 to 1506.
My feelings after seeing the Louvre: disappointed and unsatisfied. I was disappointed because we didn't get to explore as much as we wanted to, because we were only in Paris for a short while, and wanted to savour as much as we can. Unsatisfied, because I expected everything (not just the Mona Lisa) to have more "oomph".
We exited the Louvre and got on the Hop-On-Hop-Off bus with the intention of disembarking at the Eiffel Tower.
We got dropped off, and the Eiffel Tower immediately made me smile. This is something that I've only seen in movies and shows all my life. I couldn't believe that I was going to personally see it!
That smile was quickly rubbed off because of the astoundingly long line that we saw. It was long enough that you needed to line up for the line to get tickets. To give you an idea on how long the line was, we managed to enjoy some sandwiches and take a bathroom break, even before we reached a quarter of the line.
We bought our tickets and went up the elevator to the second floor. I literally got blown away, not just because of the astounding view of Central Paris, but because of the forceful winds that came in our way.
I cannot explain the happiness that I experienced when I was on the observation deck. It was just so cool seeing all the buildings from something that you just saw in the movies!
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| An Awesome View of the National Navy Museum |
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| A View of the Emile-Anthoine Stadium and the Bir-Hakeim Bridge (Pont Bir-Hakeim) |
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| A View of the Seine River |
That basically wraps up our first travelling day in Paris! Don't worry, there'll also be some Eats!
So, from Paris with love, Au Revoir.
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