Best Fantastic World: Trip To Paris

Wednesday, 22th of March 2006:

The next day, woke up at 8am and decided to go to the Eiffel Tower.. took line 13 till Gare Montparnasse and commuted to Number 6 till Bir Hakein.. the weather was cloudy, quite normal for Paris, it was drizzling with a little breeze..

At eleven i was under the world famous tower, not as many people as i could imagined but it was rather chill.. Decided to climb up by the stairs. Payed 3 euros till the second floor. At the beginning i was couting the steps but after a few minutes stopped to concentrate me upon the view. When i arrived at the second floor there were nobody except a few courageous foreign teenagers. The panaroma was great even if i could see far away because of a patch of mist.

Took many pictures 360° around, i was able to visualize the path i wanted to take.
It was a good idea to come early because after noon , groups of tourists arrived and blocked the ways. After a few minutes of hesitation, decided to go to the third floor even if it started to rain a bit. The price of the lift because it is the only way to reach the top of the tower was 3,3.

So overall, payed 6,3 euros to get to the end of the tower eiffel.. brilliant..
I took a rest at the cafeteria of the 2^nd floor and nibbled some cookies.

What a surprise to see that the rain transformed into snow at the top, it was cool but cold so did not stay for a long time outside.. fortunately there was a room to contemplate the 360° view. There was a strong wind.

At 1pm i was downstairs and headed for the Trocadero’s Place.. the view from there is outstanding, there is some golden statues i saw before on internet pictures.. and two massive statues of greek heroes.

On my way to the Arc de Triomphe, saw a fantastic red Chevrolet and Mercedes.. i stopped in the Cathedral church of the holy trinity, known as the American Cathedral..
It is an English Gothic architecture famous in the European Continent.

It was surprising to see all the flags of the American regions and especially to see the Holy book on each of the rows.

Ten minutes walking from there i arrived at the Arc de Triomphe beginning of the Champ Elysées (funny moment: was singing the Charles Trenet songs) going down the Avenue..

It was the peak hour, so i did not pass under the Arc de Triomphe, too many cars... i felt a bit hungry and went down to a restaurant called Mac Donald, lol, it was overcrowed.

Amazing thing, you can listen music while eating like in the supermarkets.. Paris will always surprises me. While i was queeing for ordering, i met the most beautiful woman of the year, she was behing me. Her description: Tall, dark mid-long hair, green-eyed, well suited. She looked like an Arabic-Indian person.. A fox as Jared would described her..

Decided to walked down the whole Champ-Elysées Avenue.. and arrived to a nice bulding.

I asked the first passer-by i met and he explaines nicely that the building was the new-opened petit Palais (that is to say the Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris). I saw a TV report a few weeks ago about it. Why not entering and having a look at –morever it is pouring down.

One more time, the entrance was free, i was amazed at seeing the golden entrance and the ceiling of the main room. The guard told me i had to put my rucksack downstairs. And the box, there was a young lady thinking i was going to a lecture held in a private room but i was only a visitor.

I realized one more time that wearing a suit make you different for the eyes of others..

The basement was a real labyrinth, the exhibition were great.. spent a couple of hours inside.. got a cappucino in a modern chillout cafeteria "Le Jardin Du Petit Palais" for only 2.5 euros.

I thought i saw the most impressive pieces of art till i came upstairs and realized that the main work of art were there. Too many to describe them. One thing i remenber is the inner patio with a cosy garden with ponds and palm trees.