Friday, October 06, 2006 @ 5:47 pm

paris!! one of the places I can slash off from my list of places to visit before I die. yay! took a two and a half hour eurostar train there after maths lesson on friday.

my seat. sat beside a one-armed lady, who really didn't need my help in anything at all. she was perfectly capable in grabbing her bag and stuff like that. as for the man opposite, he was jotting down notes on post-its to stick in this big coffee book full of b & w photographs. it was really nice! I think he was french cos' he had really nice fashion sense, but was kinda rude-ish. oh yeah. can you see my paris travel guide that I borrowed from the public library? so despicably cheap right? I know! my husband is so gonna love my thriftiness, man!

at gare du nord (which translates to north station - I think), I met up with my favourite-est unc, kfc! here he is with a tiny cup of cappucino.


would love to give you a running commentary, but shall opt out to let my photos do the talking instead. most of them are in my unc's cam cos' my cam's batteries died on me and me who thought she was being oh-so-smart, didn't bother to bring the charger.


one of the landmarks I've been wanting to see for so so so long. the arc de triomphe, which is translated as the triumphant arch? haha. something like that lah. napoleon promised that the soldiers would be welcomed under this arch when they come back to paris, but funnily, the arch wasn't finished till after the fall of the great napoleon bonaparte.


each side has different statues, but I only recognised one as the coronation of napoleon.

gargantuan isn't it? I was in awe of it's size.

the ceiling. not many people noticed how beautiful this is.

names of all the generals and soldiers of those that died fighting for france. viva la resistance!

one of those artistic shots that even I fail to understand sometimes.

the tomb of the unknown soldier. so sad. I would want people to know if I died.

if you look really closely, you can see la defense - which is an architectural marvel. it's in the business district and basically is this hollow building which looks like a frame.


& then we decide to climb up the how many? 300+? steps to the top of the arc. kfc exclaimed that in the weekend, we probably climbed more than a thousand steps. hahaa. true.

few more steps to go!

arc de triomphe is situated as the roundabout of twelve different boulevards. 12! and the cars just zoom everywhere, totally lane-less. scary.

a closer look at la defense.

the eiffel tower from afar.

tour de eiffel from not so far. this is currently my desktop wallpaper.

kfc on the phone as we walk towards our next destination - the eiffel tower.

or rather, we joined the hordes of people under the tower.

it all looks rather complicated to me. with all the steel rods poking everywhere.



this means north pillar. they closed the south one, by the way. which caused the queue to snake along forever.

as we waited in line for.. approximately 3 hours, we kept ourselves entertained... like admiring the golden bust of mr eiffel, who was the brains behind this tourist hotspot.

also, this uber cute red-head. we shall see more of him in the later photos as we ascend the tower.

the wheels of the lift that brought us up and down the tower.

we were not yet at the top. more like the mid-point. that's why everything still looks quite big. haha.

river seine that runs through paris.

I like the way paris is mapped out. very neat. haha.

the transparent coney things are actually lights that flash every hour. it's really really beautiful.

whee! now we're at the top! I love the green-ness in this one.

river seine again.

military ground I think.

just now, we saw the eiffel from the arc, now the arc from the tower.

singapore-lah. aiyo. trust the french.

what did I tell you about the cute red-head?


moving on to the invalides. kfc said it was for invalids. hahaa. he has a point. this was actually a home and hospital to all wounded and retired soldiers.

wah! check out all the elderly soldiers looking important and holding flags. they must have tears in their eyes.

bigbig statue of napoleon. though he's supposed to be quite erm... small?

hold on, then why's his coffin in sainte chapelle so bhuge? that's cos' his body is entombed in like 6 coffins. imagine russian dolls. and this one here is actually made from hard marble. whoa.

the crucifix in sainte chapelle.

the ceiling of sainte chapelle.

makes me wanna go home and paint my ceiling as well. hahaha.

the golden-domed sainte chapelle.

outside were a few nice patches of big fields where topless french men with washboard abs played footie. nope, didn't see thierry henry nor zinedine zidane anywhere.


kfc and I had a drink at a sidewalk cafe. al freso style. he was right. it was nice. :) oh by the way, how do you think this is pronounced?

can you spot the tiny car amongst the many police vans?

in paris, people pump gas at the side of the road. haha.

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Friday, October 06, 2006 @ 5:47 pm

paris!! one of the places I can slash off from my list of places to visit before I die. yay! took a two and a half hour eurostar train there after maths lesson on friday.

my seat. sat beside a one-armed lady, who really didn't need my help in anything at all. she was perfectly capable in grabbing her bag and stuff like that. as for the man opposite, he was jotting down notes on post-its to stick in this big coffee book full of b & w photographs. it was really nice! I think he was french cos' he had really nice fashion sense, but was kinda rude-ish. oh yeah. can you see my paris travel guide that I borrowed from the public library? so despicably cheap right? I know! my husband is so gonna love my thriftiness, man!

at gare du nord (which translates to north station - I think), I met up with my favourite-est unc, kfc! here he is with a tiny cup of cappucino.


would love to give you a running commentary, but shall opt out to let my photos do the talking instead. most of them are in my unc's cam cos' my cam's batteries died on me and me who thought she was being oh-so-smart, didn't bother to bring the charger.


one of the landmarks I've been wanting to see for so so so long. the arc de triomphe, which is translated as the triumphant arch? haha. something like that lah. napoleon promised that the soldiers would be welcomed under this arch when they come back to paris, but funnily, the arch wasn't finished till after the fall of the great napoleon bonaparte.


each side has different statues, but I only recognised one as the coronation of napoleon.

gargantuan isn't it? I was in awe of it's size.

the ceiling. not many people noticed how beautiful this is.

names of all the generals and soldiers of those that died fighting for france. viva la resistance!

one of those artistic shots that even I fail to understand sometimes.

the tomb of the unknown soldier. so sad. I would want people to know if I died.

if you look really closely, you can see la defense - which is an architectural marvel. it's in the business district and basically is this hollow building which looks like a frame.


& then we decide to climb up the how many? 300+? steps to the top of the arc. kfc exclaimed that in the weekend, we probably climbed more than a thousand steps. hahaa. true.

few more steps to go!

arc de triomphe is situated as the roundabout of twelve different boulevards. 12! and the cars just zoom everywhere, totally lane-less. scary.

a closer look at la defense.

the eiffel tower from afar.

tour de eiffel from not so far. this is currently my desktop wallpaper.

kfc on the phone as we walk towards our next destination - the eiffel tower.

or rather, we joined the hordes of people under the tower.

it all looks rather complicated to me. with all the steel rods poking everywhere.



this means north pillar. they closed the south one, by the way. which caused the queue to snake along forever.

as we waited in line for.. approximately 3 hours, we kept ourselves entertained... like admiring the golden bust of mr eiffel, who was the brains behind this tourist hotspot.

also, this uber cute red-head. we shall see more of him in the later photos as we ascend the tower.

the wheels of the lift that brought us up and down the tower.

we were not yet at the top. more like the mid-point. that's why everything still looks quite big. haha.

river seine that runs through paris.

I like the way paris is mapped out. very neat. haha.

the transparent coney things are actually lights that flash every hour. it's really really beautiful.

whee! now we're at the top! I love the green-ness in this one.

river seine again.

military ground I think.

just now, we saw the eiffel from the arc, now the arc from the tower.

singapore-lah. aiyo. trust the french.

what did I tell you about the cute red-head?


moving on to the invalides. kfc said it was for invalids. hahaa. he has a point. this was actually a home and hospital to all wounded and retired soldiers.

wah! check out all the elderly soldiers looking important and holding flags. they must have tears in their eyes.

bigbig statue of napoleon. though he's supposed to be quite erm... small?

hold on, then why's his coffin in sainte chapelle so bhuge? that's cos' his body is entombed in like 6 coffins. imagine russian dolls. and this one here is actually made from hard marble. whoa.

the crucifix in sainte chapelle.

the ceiling of sainte chapelle.

makes me wanna go home and paint my ceiling as well. hahaha.

the golden-domed sainte chapelle.

outside were a few nice patches of big fields where topless french men with washboard abs played footie. nope, didn't see thierry henry nor zinedine zidane anywhere.


kfc and I had a drink at a sidewalk cafe. al freso style. he was right. it was nice. :) oh by the way, how do you think this is pronounced?

can you spot the tiny car amongst the many police vans?

in paris, people pump gas at the side of the road. haha.

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