Paris
It's really what everyone thought it to be, the city of Romance! Thanks to Mel, i have free lodging at a very nice hotel room with two giant king size beds for the both of us, the damage: only 110 euro a night...nice...
so we did the typical tourist route and the usual suspects include Musee Du Louvre, River Seine, Notre Dame, Eiffel Tower, Moulin Rouge, Sacre Couer, Arc de Triomphe...among others..
I spent some half a day at the Louvre celebrating the congregation of the greatest art works in the world and still only managed to only appreciate a small portion of it. The museum is massive in such a scale that is beyond imagination, and it is still expending as we speak. We had an excellent guide whose passion in arts is obvious as she sashayed us through the crowds and giving us pointers and interpretations of different artists.
it seemed that most visitors are on an even tighter schedule than us, can u imagine those clowns spent like an hour at the Louvre? such blasphemy! doubtless they were there only to catch a glimpse of Monalisa and busy posing infront of the camera with the holygrail behind.
but as much as i love the city, i have to literally haul ass to fit in 11 countries in two months, another tiring whistle stop traveling but it has to be done. Will try to somehow hitch a ride to Lille later in the afternoon and see what happens.
I also get to practise my rusty two-semester worth of francais with the frenchs and i must say im in better shape than i thought i am. I asked direction in french and got responded in french and i absolutely understand what they're saying! if that didnt deserve a Bravo i dont know what does...
three days in paris is somewhat not doing the city any justice, im sure it has much more to offer than the mere tower and a painting that doesnt belong to them, i long to experience some parisian lifestyle and to visit disneyland! but when you gotta go, you gotta go...
stay tune for the next leg of the travel...
