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July 2005

Paris

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

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I suddenly remembered that the direction to the Eiffel Tower was the other way. Darn! So much for being so confident that I didn't bother to check the map. Well, no choice then, we had to head back. By then it was close to midnight and Prema was too tired to continue (remember we've been up since 4am in Rome to catch the flight to Paris). So we settled on a compromise. We won't get a close-up view of the tower but we'll still get to see it. Thus, instead of walking all the way to the tower, we walked towards the River Seine which is nearby. Along the way, I spotted the glittering lights of the tower, but the tower was partly obscured by some buildings, thus I decided to walk faster to the river to get a better view. What a bad decision. By the time we reached the river, the lights have stopped glittering. Instead, the tower is lighted in some orangey glow. Still beautiful, but I would have wanted to see more of the glittering lights. Well, after grabbing some pictures, we headed back to the hostel to grab some much-needed rest.

The next morning, when I woke up, I got a shock. I actually overslept! My alarm was set for 7am but by the time I woke, it was already 9am. Given that we had a flight to catch at 3pm, we didn't have much time left in Paris. Thus I shook Prema awake and amazingly, we managed to wash up and pack up in less than fifteen minutes. Since our plan was to head back to Notre Dame, we headed for the Metro and bought our tickets there. I thought I had figured out how to travel on the Metro, but this time around, we had to switch to another network, the RER, which is the regional express network. Gosh, that really gave me a headache. Luckily, after asking around with my limited French, I managed to get to Notre Dame, thanks to a very kind and friendly musician.

At Notre Dame, we decided to view the crypt first. The crypt, which is now a museum, fleshes out the history and growth of ...