From there we walked to Ile de la Cité, a small island uniquely situated in River Seine, where the Cathedral Notre Dame de Paris is. It's fun walking in the rain... gotta enjoy while we could! Reached Notre Dame about 45mins later. The more than 700-year old Gothic church looked really gorgeous! Went in & we're simply in awe of the beautiful interior. And it's so crowded. When we came out after the tour, we realised it's raining heavily again. No wonder there're so many people inside... to take shelter huh.
Unable to take much pictures..... but the rain didn't deter us from proceeding on & we decided to take an extended route to Eiffel Tower. Think we must have walked for more than 6km (!!)... covering Montparnasse area, passing by Hôtel des Invalides, Ecole Militaire (Military School) etc... It stopped raining by then & the weather's great. Were admiring some houses when we're close to Eiffel Tower & thought - how would these residents feel.. being able to face the great view everyday? would they be so used to it that they don't find it special anymore?
Finally we reached the big park in front of Eiffel - Parc du Champ de Mars. It's quite a long walk & we got to see the Eiffel Tower gradually getting bigger in front of us. WOW... couldn't believe we're standing right before the lofty La Tour Eiffel! Truly magnificent!!! It's said to be the best monument that symbolises Europe (not only France)......
Took quite a few pix but not very well taken as we'd forgotten to take our stand out. & there's no way we could wait for the night scene because it's only 7.30pm & far from getting dark! Felt real exhausted by then & had to take the métro back.
Know why we're so drained? Tis the route we travelled by foot for 6 hours on our 4th day in Paris.
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