Bonjour

Phew. What a long deep silence for this blog. A lot of things, unforeseen, unfortunate events occurred to me. But hey, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger aite? That’s why I am still alive! AND, a lot of new experiences gained too. Life is just wonderful to have sad and good things happening all at once. At least the latter helps to mend broken hearts. As for me, I’ve got another opportunity to visit another country! Wow, this year really is a travelling year for me. PAID VACATION!

I had a 10 hours stop in Paris, France. I was on my way from KL to Mauritania and there are only 2 routes to get there. 1st is thru Paris and the second is thru Dubai. Would probably try the second route next time! It was a short stop but it was good enough for me as I got to finally see the Eiffel Tower (or Tour Eiffel as they called). We landed in Charles de Gaulle Airport early in the morning and since it’s a long transit stop, we are entitled for a room. So I and another 2 colleagues went to check in at Sheraton Hotel. The rate was 220 Euro for a twin sharing room. Yeah, I shared my room with Sam (a Chinese guy) since we were only using it to put our hand carried items and to have showers. *Jimat duit untuk company ok?* lol

We then took the train down to Paris. We made our stop at the Saint Michele station as it is where the Notre Dame is located. We had our first historical visit in Paris by walking around the Notre Dame area. No, we didn’t go inside coz the queue was quite long and I don’t think I have any business to do inside the church anyway. Enough of sightseeing and we had our breakfast at the local coffee shop. A hot cup of coffee and a fresh soft croissant in the cold breezy Paris was just pleasant. Oh, the weather was somewhere close to 10 deg C on that day and silly me, I forgot to check the weather forecast and ended up having just my normal sweater. The wind was strong and it was really cold! Note to self, though it’s still summer (end of summer actually), never expect every country to have the same weather like London!

Since the most attraction of Paris is to visit the Eiffel Tower, we decided to take the open tour which is similar to our KL Hop On Hop Off bus tour. The price for a day ticket is 29 Euro! And we only managed to take 1 route that took almost 2 ½ hours! What a waste of money. Note to travelers, you really need at least a day to complete the tour. And the route that we took was mainly for the Paris Grand Tour, where it took us to Paris’ main attraction, the Notre Dame, Eiffel Tower, Musee du Louvre (The Pyramid), Printemps and many more. There are few other routes that will take travelers to other places including the Hard Rock Café which I didn’t have time to go! I’ll drop by again one day for this one.

I must be frank that I’m not a big fan of history. Hey I don’t even know that the La Pyramide was THE pyramid in the Da Vincci Code, at least not until my friend commented on the picture I posted in my facebook. Haha. Yes, I’m very bad in history and I just don’t have the adrenaline for it. They have explanation on each place in English but on that day itself, I was feeling really drowsy as I had minor cold that morning. I was just thinking of taking a picture in front of Eiffel Tower and that’s it. That remarks my footprints in Paris! *teruk betul budak ni kan? ;p*

We passed through the Lafayette, the ever famous shopping mall! But no, I didn’t do any shopping this time. I wasn’t even thinking of anything to buy. Miracle isn’t it? My mind was just not focusing on the place where I was standing at. I was thinking more of my next few months of stays in Africa. I was worried of the country’s political instability. And I think I’ve been spending a lot for my preparation that I don’t even have any feelings for anything left.

Anyway, it was a good experience for me again and another country visited. I’ve expanded my Eurotrip! Since I’m currently located not so far from Europe, I will plan for more Eurotrip, to Spain or Italy perhaps. And I do wish to go back to Copenhagen and see it from a different view. Note to sis Adie! ;p

*cheers*