#7. Paris, part 1.
Ou-la-la, bonjour, dear readers! So, as I promised, here is a series of posts about Paris.
Paris… The world capital of fashion, the amazing city with its unusual architecture and wonderful spirit!!
Day 1. 3rd of March. Ooh, it was a long-long day. After having dropped our luggage in the hotel (one paradox I have already discovered about Parisian space - hotel rooms are tiny, though at the first glance they seem to be alright, I mean that when you look at the facade of the building and see its windows, apartments there look like normal one's but they are really like tiny cages), we've found a pretty restaurant close to our hotel and landed there :) Hmm, judging by this day, I had a better opinion about Parisian food, nevertheless, still more days are left. Actually, we have a bit overrated our powers and at the end of the day nearly got lost being terribly tired.
Thus, our adventure has started. We walked through streets with trees of unusual forms and delicious boulangeries. For sure, we stopped at one of them and had a marvelous eclair and so-called "macarons". Soon a Pantheon appeared. A magnificent building since Napoleon. I was attracted by its architecture – carved columns with a great concave ceiling of different levels. But hardly it can be added to the Paris "must see" list.
But what impressed me most is the Notre-Dame. I hardly could breathe when I saw it. When you come inside, you feel so safe, protected, as if all your fears and problems have gone. Inexpressible feelings.
That day ended at Boulevard Temple where we’ve caught a taxi and went to the hotel.
Day 2. 4th of March. A much longer day, I could hardly feel my feet at the end.
Louvre. About 5 hours we’ve spent there. We went around the whole museum full of astonishment that even prevented us from closing our mouths.
Law code of Hammurabi, winged human-headed bulls, the Venus de Milo, Napoleon’s apartments, la Victoire de Samothrace, Coronation of the Napoleon, Mona Lisa, Gabriel d’Estrais with sister…
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| Winged human-headed bulls |
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| The Venus de Milo |
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| La Victoire de Samothrace |
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| Mona Lisa |
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| Gabriel d'Estrais with sister |
Place de la Concorde, chocolate pancakes, beautiful eyes, great shopping with pretty clothes, slow Tax-free, tries to find an “it” French restaurant to eat typical dishes – coq au vin, français pancakes, that turned out to be a failure.
Shops, opened only for us
On its last legs, the absence of the slightest effort to move
Again futile attempts to get to Arc de Triomphe
The day ended in a restaurant on the Champs-Elysees, where we ate something like a typical French fish soup and French pancakes together with fine wine.
Surprisingly, that a person who hitherto was not used to drinking wine (it’s about me), in Paris drinks it punctually,
Taxi with aromatic fur-trees and finally, our hotel