It's already past noon after we brought the food stuff back to the hotel & out again. Went shopping at Boulevard Haussmann & bought a few more tops & a bermudas for Vince. Our ultimate aim that day was to stay out late so we could finally take some night pix of Notre Dame & Eiffel Tower. Therefore we walked towards Ile de la Cité by taking another route from the previous day's. Spent some time at Forum des Halles which is a big park... it used to be a central wholesale marketplace some 800 years ago. Next to it was the 2nd biggest church in Paris - St Eustache Church. Very nice... with a mixture of Gothic & Renaissance designs but it's undergoing major repair works.
Made a few rounds at the 2 streets of restaurants near Les Halles. Vince's dear wife wanted to have chicken that evening but we concluded that Parisians so love the chicken that they eat only beef! In the end settled for fast food again & right after our dinner, we passed by this restaurant that served chicken in various styles of cooking!! Why it's always like this!!! Then had dessert at 1 of the restaurants facing the Seine river. Had my 1st tarte aux pomme (apple tart) on this trip but it's a shame that I didn't get to eat my fav - tarte tartin at all.....
Then very slowly we walked to Notre Dame & it's just the right timing when we reached. Beautiful Notre Dame...
Thereafter, we had a stroll along the River Seine to the other end where Eiffel was. It's the easiest & most convenience way by foot.
It's almost completely dark by the time we reached Eiffel Tower... ie. it's nearly 10.30pm Paris time. The brightly-lit Eiffel looked truly glamorous!
Finished our last shot close to 11pm & made our way back. Was feeling a lil sad that it's gonna be our last night & 5th day in Paris. Well... happy hours always pass you by swiftly!
4 comments:
Wow vinzkel, looks like you had a great time in France. And the pic you guys took with the Eiffel Tower looks great too!
Will definitely be looking to your itinerary if we intend to DIY a trip as well. :)
Thks chyih! Long x no chat:) We prefer DIY tho it certainly covers less places than guided tour =)
I'm also reading yrs to Spain/Portugal & bliv u'd loads of fun too! Totally understd the kinda inexpressible feelg when we see a grand monument? Not even the camera can help to describe huh? ;>
Btw been wanting to ask u... u took KLM too rite? how do u find their svc? we didnt hv a v pleasant 1 esp during the flight back! so r we juz unlucky or tis their std of svc??
Hmmm... let me try recall.
I can't remember much about it, meaning to say that it was quite uneventful, otherwise I will remember it for life haha.
Apart from the dirty toilets, uncomfortable seats and lack of personal entertainment unit, I thought the svc was quite alright. Not fantastic but acceptable.
I like the way they package their meals though. Hehe...
Haha.. tatz a gd 1 ;) Ya I agree about the packaging part.. quite interesting!
Enjoy yr BD ok!
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