Paris

Manu fetched us at the station
Paris Nord
we left from Paris Est

his bestfren was w him
Maud (pronounce Mood)

brought us to our hotel
Hotel Moderne St Germaine (75 Euro a nite)
bo bian
we were paying for the location
he said it was pretty cheap for a 3 star hotel
but it was small small small
ms prissy got her own room despite the exorbitant price
hai~
"backpacking"..... *-)


anyway
none of my business
jst that i dun like stupid pple on my detail....


our stop was Maubert-Mutualite (mor-bey mu-ture-lit-tey)
the metro in Paris is easy to use
but u need to noe where the monuments are!!!! lol

we got the 3 day visite paris pass
for like 6.80 Euro we get unlimited travel
each trip wld hv costed us ard 1.40 Euro
and inasmuch as i wanted to walk in London and Amsterdam
Manu's the host in Paris
and also
we dun hv much time to be wasted on walking too i guess


we went for dinner at some kebab place
and then a short tour of the area
saw Notre Dam in the nite
and the Pont d'arc (howchamaspellit)
and many areas that i cannot remember

we saw:

Tour Eiffel (tho the first time there was a fire drill exercise.... so we cldn't get up stupid)
when we returned on the last day (only cos there was a strike at the Lourve, we cld only get to the 2nd floor....)

once in 10 yrs- snow in Paris

once in 10 yrs- strike at Lourve

ever so common- nasty Parisians
waiter at restaurant to passerby, "u dun want dinner? u're stupid!!!!"
bitch at arc de triomph, "nonononononono" when babie want to take the elevator down
ms pathetic was able to take it cos she is thick skin enuff to force her way in....

one in 1000000- a vvv pleasant and smiley Parisian waiter

Invalides (built for veterans)
Napoleon's tomb is here too

Pantheon
where great pple are entombed
pple who did the republic a great service (non-military)
largely philosophers and writers

Concorde (Egyptian obelisk Napoleon dragged back to France!!!!)

Mont Matre and the Sacre-Couer
vvvv nice overview of the city and nice church (basilica/cathedral/church/abbey
got nice artist colony up there too

oh oh oh
i think that's where Vincent wanted to start a colony too!!!
in the "yellow house"

what else?
lemme think....

Arc de Triomph (DUH!!!! i mentioned it earlier....)

Champ Elyses (the shopping street)
and directly down from the Arc's Etoile


gotta poo

laterz

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oops
that was a long one. lol

my bad

not in the mood to think

but i will endeavor to do it lah
do it once
do it nice
take a chance
and roll the dice...

where was i
*reads up*


okok

we had a good French meal in a proper restaurant
but i got the worst deal. lol
some fatty pork thingy
with funny vege

but stl
they said it's a traditional delicacy

i guess it's what durian is to them eh?
lol

but it was tasty lah
tender and all
jst not when i'm staring at their fish and steaks. lol

Maud works at Gallarie LaFayette
and aspires to work for LV
(which a certain someone we all noe got a job at
all thanks to her powderful dad)

BAH

anyhow
Paris was ok on the whole
except that all the once in 10 yrs thing happened to me
all at once
and in 3 days!!!!

moving rt along
we took the 5 hour train to St Louis, Alsace

but not before we experience the super inefficient French queuing system at Paris Est
nor the dangerous and inconsiderate "immigrants" (as Manu will call them) in and ard the train station and train