FROM PARIS WITH LOVE

Paris, it's every one's  dream destination.

The capital and largest city France on the  Seine river of the  Ile-de-France region is   most famous for its three major landmarks;the  cathedral Notre Dame de Paris, Arc de Triomphe, the beautiful Sacre-Coeur and the  Eiffel Tower.Not to forget is the world' largest museum, The Louvre Museum.

Champ-Elysees

Notre Dame de Paris

the pyramid at Louvre

 Aside from those popular tourists sites mention above, there was this one particular monument I really wanted to visit, the Statue of Liberty. For those who have seen the movie "National Treasure" starring Nicholas Cage this would ring a bell. It is the twin statue of the one in New York but this is smaller.

 For a kid at heart like me, there's the Disneyland Resort. It is the only Disneyland amusement park  in Europe.

 The famous European city also known as the Fashion Capital of the world really live-up to that phrase. Well, for my almost two weeks stay, I saw and observed that Parisians dresses fashionably.You can easily distinguish who are tourists and who are locals and/or expats by the way they dress. I for myself was on my flip flops, regular jeans and shirts since it was summer at that time. Some tourists were wearing shorts, rubber shoes and tops/shirts while residents of Paris dresses impressively. 

 

 Another contrast I observed was, Paris is also tagged as City of Lights. As such, one may assume that the city is full of life and vibrant at night but on one not-so late night,at around 10:00PM,coming back from Barcelona, I  waited for a bus for more than an hour in a dimly lit bus stop along a sparsely lighted street. I walked to the next bus stop and almost cried because there were no one else except me. I was so very willing to take a taxi even if I would be paying more but not even one cab passed by in that one hour.My friend was so worried that I might not catch the last train going to her place. It would mean, me staying in a hotel.. Finally, the bus arrived!, haist... 

 Actually their transportation system is efficient. It's multi-level subway trains and local buses make my tour more enjoyable (during the day) but may I also add that it really costs a lot compared here in Italy.

Seine River

 All in all, I had fun and happy that was able to see  my old  friend and gain new ones.