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From Paris to London
It was 11th June 2009 that I made my way back to London from Paris. I was on the Eurostar again but this time on a Standard ticket without the meal on board, unlike the leg from London to Paris when I upgraded to Leisure Select.I arrived at Gare du N...
Panthéon with a Pendulum
Although with the same name, the Panthéon in Paris looks very much different from the Pantheon in Rome.However, the podium does look the same as the one in Rome with soaring Roman Corinthian columns. From what I have found out, it was actually model...
Art Appreciation in a Train Station
Gare (Station) d'Orsay was completed in 1900 facing River Seine and became the first electrified urban rail terminal in the world. In 1977, it was converted into a museum with the same name, Musée d'Orsay, and has been guarding the French Government...
A Morning Stroll Along River Seine
Before visiting Paris, I have heard a lot of romanticism about River Seine. This river winds through the heart of the city and couldn't be missed as most of the places of interest are scattered along this river.With the river cutting Paris into left ...
Breakfast with the Oldest Church in Paris
When I visited Paris, I put myself up at a hotel in St-Germain. This place is convenient in terms of transport and food. I had most of my breakfast meals at a place called La Croissanterie, which is also my favourite place for breakfast in Paris. By ...
Shopping in a Palace
Can you imagine a shopping centre that looks like a palace? How do you feel if you can shop like a member of a royal family in your own palace? You can find all the answers at Galeries Lafayette in Paris.The giant transparent dome is deliberately dec...
Musée du Parfum
The Perfume Museum in Paris houses the history of perfume making. There are bottles of perfume lined up on the rack that the arrangement is named 'Perfume Organ'. Does it look like an organ to you?I didn't know before this that the ancient perfume ma...
Pimped Up Centre Pompidou
Crowning Centre Pompidou as the king of pimped up buildings is probably not too exaggerating. Where on earth can you see a building with over-sized exhaust pipes? That is a resemblance of a pimped up car!All the other pipes running around the buildin...
Paris Through the Eyes of Birds
One of the best places to see the panoramic view of Paris is the dome of Basilique du Sacré-Cœur according to my Lonely Planet travel guidebook. It is said that the view can extend as far as 30 km on a clear day, as the Basilica is standing on the ...
The People at Basilique du Sacré-Cœur
When I visited Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, I saw a model shooting session of an English-speaking photographer and a female model. I observed for a little while until they were comfortable with me coming into the scene to shoot photos of them at work.I...
A Sacred Heart
Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, or the Sacred Heart Basilica, was built on the summit of Butte de Montmarte. Although the foundation stone of this Romano-Byzantine Basilica was laid in 1875, it was never fully completed until 1919.Although there are steps...
The Charm of Champs-Élysées
Av des Champs-Élysées, a name that is never to be forgotten by the shopaholics. It is the mother of all branded-goods shopping streets. It is a heaven for those with a bottomless pocket. Almost any European brand that you can think of can be found ...
Not So Triumphant at Arc de Triomphe
It wasn't so triumphant for Napoleon Bonaparte when he commissioned the construction of Arc de Triomphe in 1806. He wanted to commemorate his imperial victories with the Arc but had started to lose the battles since then, and finally losing the whole...
I'm Louvre-ing It!
As of today, there are more that 35,000 paintings and art objects in the collection of Musée du Louvre. If I were to look at each and everyone of it, I probably would need to eat and sleep inside the museum for three months!However, I had only an af...
From Paris with Louvre
Musée du Louvre was originally built as the vast Palais du Louvre which was used as a fortress by Philippe-Auguste in the early 13th century. It kept on expanding in size since then, with the Louvre we see today being the work of I.M. Pei completed ...
How a Bird Sees Paris
There are two ways of going up to the Eiffel Tower, by the staircase or by the lift. I chose the latter, with a higher ticket price of €13 but I could get to the highest viewing platform at the sommet.The panoramic view of Paris from atop Eiffel To...
Tours de Notre Dame
The bell towers of Notre Dame are open to visitors everyday, but at an entrance fee of €8 for an adult. The entrance is at the base of the North Tower.It takes 422 steps on spiral staircases to reach the top of the western façade called the "grand...
Cathédrale de Notre Dame de Paris
Cathedral of Our Lady of Paris is more commonly known as Notre Dame, as the name in French is Cathédrale de Notre Dame de Paris. A bronze star at the square in front of the Cathedral was once the benchmark for distance measurement in the city of Par...
From London to Paris
I arrived London Heathrow Terminal 3 at 5:50 a.m. on 6th June, 2009. Due to my experience of the long queue at the immigration checkpoint at the Beijing Capital International Airport, I allocated a 2-hour buffer for immigration clearance.However, the...
It wasn’t Paris, It was you
If one were to pick an icon that represents Paris, I believe that there will be no dispute if one picks the Eiffel Tower (La Tour Eiffel). Having been built in 1889, this 120-year old steel structure is still standing strong against the gusty wind.La...
A Bad Day in Paris
It was 8th June 2009, my third day in Paris.After visiting Musée du Louvre, I had sore legs and sat at the cafe table for a while before walking to the Metro station. In order to get back to my hotel, I had to change train at Châtelet. The train fr...
I'm Back!
I have just arrived in Kuching via Malaysia MH1 from London to Kuala Lumpur and transferred to MH2532 from Kuala Lumpur to Kuching. It was a very fruitful 3-week trip in terms of photography but somewhat disastrous in Paris! I'll keep on updating on ...
