Europe - 1st stop - Paris, France! ;-)


I only remember bits and pieces of our trip here and there (thanks to my ever so present memory gap =P) but I’ll try my best!

Our flight was around 12:30am on April 25, yeah it was midnight but I don’t think any of us are sleepy at all! Everybody’s looking forward to the trip but it was a totally different story once we’re up there in the air, LOL! It was an 8 hours flight and very uncomfortable but we slept nonetheless.

We arrived at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in the afternoon and the weather is not as cold as I expected, I love it! (If only we can have that kind of weather here in the Philippines… =S) We stopped at a local supermarket in Paris to buy some water (Evian is so cheap in France! It looks so sosy drinking Evian here, but there, nah! =P) Then to the hotel we go! Holiday Inn was ok, one of the two hotels in the entire trip that have coffee in the room (the other is NH in Netherlands). We had dinner at a chinese restaurant (feels like we’re back in binondo, lol! And 1st time having dinner with the sun still up at 7pm) and retired for the night early.

Next day (Apr 26) is Paris tour day! (yippee!) Started with the Seine River Cruise via Bataeux Parisiens to see the beautiful bridges and structures of Paris.Went to The Louvre for lunch (we didn’t go in the museum though so we didn’t see the mysterious smile of mona lisa T_T) then took the coach to the Eiffel Tower! On our way, we passed by Notre-Dame cathedral, Champs-Elysees, Arc de Triomphe, Concorde Square, etc. Of course we took lots and lots of pictures at the Eiffel tower (it’s literally breath taking to actually see the tower up close! *_*) and ascended to the 2nd level to see Paris from up there.

Just when you thought I’ve written so much already, it’s not over yet coz we’re off to Versailles! This is something that we don’t see here in our country, a Palace! I’m so happy we decided to go inside Chateau de Versailles, it’s amazing! You can see the beautiful work of art in all corners of the palace, intricate pieces of history, collection of aged old antiques that were used by the king and queen during their time. And my favorite part of the palace, the Hall of Mirrors.

Dinner at a local restaurant (we had fatty pork while the japanese group from the other tables were having escargot! Sounds French! They’re just snails… yummy?! =P) then back to the hotel after a tiring but definitely worth-all-the-pain day! ^_^

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