ok, i'm finally gonna do some summary/reflection on my trip. but since it's like one entire month... 32 whole days of non-stop travel... so i'm gonna split it up into places we visited. so today i'm gonna start with paris, though that's not the 1st stop on my travels. haha...
i was in paris 4 days (25-29 March). people would think paris is a fabulous place, full of romance and culture. well, yes, to a large extent. but we tend to forget that life goes on there... not all areas of paris are safe (like the area we were staying in...), parisians are not always known for friendliness and smiles (not that they're rude or anything, it's just not in their custom to do so, i guess), english is (duh) not the spoken language there, and there's waaay too many tourists. sadly, i added to that flock of migratory beings. it wasn't a too unpleasant trip in paris, but it definitely wasn't one of my favorites.
of course, the sights. now i let the photos speak for themselves. a picture paints a thousand words, doesn't it? =)
yes we had to climb all the way up... nice church though
and the view from up there is great. caught our 1st glimpse of the i-fur =P
hehe... one of the phone's many functions: sepia LOLDay 2
came to this cool bridge
caught another view of the eiffel (coming soon! don't worry :P)
and this grand building (a museum), which houses the coffin of napolean
we also visited a number of museums and small churches
Day 3
sadly, poor english in one of the most famous places ever... "nothing to be overtaken the fenced area" what in the world does that mean?
Day 4
ok, the next day we found this cool place with a great view of the eiffel, and of course the crazy pictures start :P
and what's a visit to paris without the louvre museum? (made even more famous thanks to dan brown. look at the crowd man)
ta-dah. the famed monalisa, poor thing, hidden behind that glass...
the louvre is simply too big a museum. we couldn't finish it, we didn't even finish half of it. and when we came out it was evening, and the queue's still there!
tip: the louvre is free for youth aged between 16-25 on fridays from 18:30-21:30. however, like i said, it's just too big to do in a day, much less 3hrs. so unless u're staying in paris for like a month, and can afford 2 go 2 the louvre 4 fridays in a row, u might as well jus pay up the 10EUR or something like that n spend e day in there. or choose wat u wanna see. simply too much.
ok, another place next time! hope u enjoyed paris :D
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