DAY 11... Paris.....City of our dream!

DAY 12 (08 Oct 07, MON): DIJON - PARIS

We had lunch along the high way in Autogrill and the food sucks! Hahaha… around 2pm, we reached Paris!!!! City of our dream. Before arriving in this city, the guide told us a lot of ugly and bad experience of Paris. She says the more she visits Paris, the uglier it became.

 

We are lucky! Today Paris is not crowded. The guide says “suddenly she feels Paris so beautiful!” The minute we reach Paris, I feel the love in the city! We arrived at the Eiffel tower. The view is panoramic! Most of the buildings in Paris is short like max 6 floor high, could see the entire Paris on Eiffel towel! It is very windy too! Our local tour guide gave us an onboard guided tour on the coach. In Paris they do not allow coach to stop in any location they like. Due to the crowded city, they even come out with a bicycle rental scheme which their local s are encourage to ride bicycle than to drive a car. They also have separate bicycle land on the road.

 

As there wasn’t much crowd and traffic. We managed to have photo stop at the Jardin du Luxembourg. It a very nice garden! I actually have the intention to visit it on our free day. It’s good that we are here today! Next we have a photo stop at the Invalids. I love the view of the square inside the building! Our tour guide say we are very lucky, cos she lead tour group for so many years into Paris, there isn’t one time that she is able to do so many photo stop cos Paris is always crowded with human and traffic!

 

As the evening approached, we board on the cruise on Seine River! The cruise is great. It provides a great overview of Paris. Except that we are all freezing cold. It about 15 degress with chilling wind blowing and we are not properly dressed for the chilled. We are all shiving while waiting for Eiffel tower to be lighted. I love the river cruise. We saw this ang mo couple kissing from the top of the deck to the lower deck! Hahaha…..

 

The knighted ended with a Chinese dinner in the Chinatown in Paris. Tomorrow is a free and easy day. Paris has given me a nice experience so far. Maybe we haven start the walking tour yet! Hahaha… too soon to conclude.