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July 2005

Paris

Jeremy Koh
2005-11-05 12:16:49

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to the Lourve Pyramid. So we ended up taking pictures in front of the museum. By the way, the museum is huge. The wings, which forms the shape of a C or an inverted C depending on how you look at it, looks really long. Later on, when I checked the map, I saw that the length of the wings is close to one kilometre. No wonder it is one of the largest museums in the world. Think about how many art pieces it must hold. Well, no luck in seeing them. Next time then.

By then, it was already 8 plus in the evening and the sun was setting. We decided to make it to one more destination for the day. Again we walked along the River Seine. Soon we saw the Île de la Cité, which is an island in the middle of the River Seine. It was also where Paris was founded. We walked across one of the many bridges to the Île de la Cité and headed towards the Notre Dame de Paris (French for Our Lady of Paris). It is is a gothic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité. In the setting sun, it looked amazing. But by now, it was quite late and our stomachs were protesting. Thus, we decided to return to Notre Dame the next day and find some food in the meantime.

From the Notre Dame, we walked over to the left bank to find some cheap food. Alas, food prices here were generally higher than in Italy. Eventually we settled on some sandwiches which wasn't fantastic ,but at least it filled our stomachs. Initially our plan was to walk on to the Eiffel Tower to see its night lights. However, by then the weather was really chilly (about 12 degree Celsius) and we weren't dressed for the occasion. Thus, we decided to head back towards our hostel, grab some clothes and then go to the Eiffel Tower. We ducked into the nearest Metro station to escape the cold and it wasn't long before we were back in our hostels.

Back there, we grab our clothes and headed to the Eiffel Tower. After walking for what seemed like an eternity, ...