Paris Continued .....

18th Aug

So this is my first weekend in Paris to go for a tour around the city known as the "city of love".
Today the plan was to see all the places in Paris quickly without spending much of time. We planned to go to MontMatre which is an old white church dedicated to SacreCaur. It was close to the famous Pigalle street which has the Mouline Rouge. We had a frightening experience on the metro we took to reach there. 5 people entered at a station in our compartment well built and totally out of their senses looks like they were drugged. Then an arguement started among them and one guy was facing the wrath of the well built of all as he put his lighter on the neck and the eye of the other as the others tried to stop them .. before nething could happen we were out of the metro as our station was the next and some people have changed the compartment to be away from them.

As we climbed a small uphill we could see a tall white church with a nice bluish background of the sky and green garden surrounding it.There was mountain biking also arranged there so we decided to come back the next day to see the race. We spent some time going to the roof of the MontMatre from where we had a good view of the city, it being on the uphill and Paris being a city with a plain landscape.

We moved on to the Louvre taking a look around the Louvre and the glass pyramid we moved to the NotreDame. A nice stroll parallel to the Seine with a web to bridges to cross over takes you to the Palais of Justice and next to it the NotreDame. A huge cathedral constructed on an island. I had a chance to go over the top of the church to see the whole of Paris but there was a huge rush for it as the entry is restricted to only the summer months June, July and August.

I was quite excited to go on the top as i saw a lot of pictures of the creatures which overlook the city and with Eiffel on the background its quite an scenic picture to have in your camera but alas missed it .. so i consoled myself saying "next time" ;).

In the evening the most awaited part of my trip ... "The Eiffel". I was gazing the beautiful monument for almost 3hrs seeing the lights coming up and glittering every one hour. An awesome sight !!! Then i realised why the city is actually known as the "city of love".The huge mettalic structure doesnt seem to be beautiful when seen closeby and its beauty is enhanced by the lighting.Taking photos for a long time and not willing to leave the beautiful tower I left for the hotel at around 10p.m thinking i will come back as many times possible to see the tower lighting up before leaving Paris.

19th Aug

It was raining a bit today but that didnot deter me from going to MontMatre to see the mountain bicycle race. And now i have no regrets for drenching my camera a bit for that. It was a race from the church downhill till the bottom with the wooden planks arranged to guide and jump over them. Though it had rained a lot and despite the slippery ground the race took off and the cyclers were at their best.
After some shopping that my friend, who was accompanying me, had to do as he was to leave to India the next day. The evening I had a nice peaceful stroll along the Seine which flows right next to our apartment. Seeing the glazing roads and the nice gardens around u feel rejuvenated.

The next weekend me and my collegue were planning for Marseilles which is an old port city of France set up by the Greeks about 2600 years back along the coast of Meditterean Sea.

C ya ppl in Marseilles. ;-)