Paris Trip 2011

We went to Paris on 9th - 12th April 2011. Before we even travel to London, I have purchased the Eurostar tickets from London to Paris then back to London. Our train departed from London St Pancras at 6:22AM, such an early train right but this is the cheapest fare that we could get so no choice. Woke up at around 4AM and FY called a cab for us to send us to St Pancras. Our train tickets from London to Paris cost us £84.50 per pax and £34.50 per pax. Kinda pricey right? But somehow still cheaper than taking a flight and taking flight is wasting so much time. The journey took about 2 hours 30 minutes and it was a very comfortable train maybe perhaps I'm still sleepy cos waking up so early in the morning. Oh, I forgot to talk about the Open Double Decker Bus Tour tickets, you can actually buy those tickets either at the office in Paris or at the St Pancras waiting room. There have a counter setup there on information about Paris, you can buy almost all tickets there including the bus tour, Paris Disneyland tickets and also the Metro day pass.

Below are the things we did / went + the photos we snapped throughout our Paris trip:

• Open Double Decker Bus Tour - There's a lot to choose from but we chose L'Open Tour as it has more lines and going to more places as compared to others. You choose to buy 1/2 day(s) pass. It's unlimited rides for the day and of course if it's a 2 days pass then you have to use it for 2 consecutive days.
• Eiffel Tower
• Notre Dame Cathedral
• Champs Elysees & Arc de Triomphe
• Musee d'Orsay
• The Lourve
• Montmarte & Sacre Coeur Basilica

St Pancras

 

Coffee for hubby

Bought the 2 days Metro passes and Open Tour Bus Tour before hand

Train No. 9002

Seats can be selected before purchasing the tickets, we chose the last seat in this coach, thinking that less people would walk up and down but we're wrong! The doors just keep on opened n shut as passengers are moving to another couch / going to toilet!

Arrival @ Paris Gare Du Nord train station

Underground Metro

Double Deck Train

 

There are a lot of these artistic performers around Paris and esp at the Metro Station

This is the Open Day Bus Tour

Us taking a seat at the upper deck as you get to feel the sunshine and wind + it's easier to look around and snap photos

Hubby checking out which stop should we get down

River Cruise on the Seine River

 

Eiffel Tower @ Day

 

Ticket @ €13 for adult for lift entrance ticket to the top (there are 3 different types of tickets - lift entrance to 2nd floor [souvenier shop], lift entrance to the top & stairs entrance ticket to 2nd floor)

Amazing sunset, the greatest I've ever seen!

Eiffel Tower @ Night

@ Notre Dame

Interiors @ Notre Dame

Panaromic View around Notre Dame

Some church around Notre Dame

Catching Up with Sherley

After decades of not meeting each other, we arranged a last minute lunch + shopping spree. It turned out to be a very pleasant wan. Though never meet this old friend of mine for such a long time but we still did chat online and update each other about ourselves. We meet up at Sg Wang then headed to Fahrenheit 88 for lunch at Sushi Zanmai. We had a very long lunch and keep on talking and talking and talking until we almost forgotten to order for food! We chatted about almost everything and I always forgotten to tell what I initially wanted to tell Sherley about cos there are just too much to talk about. After lunch, we went back to Sg Wang for shopping and gosh I bought lotsa things and I also asked Sherley to buy a pair of shoes which I can't fit in. So I wanted my friend to buy it on behalf! LOL! I'm glad that she loves it too and she bought it in 5 mins time after trying on the shoes. She said "It's like buying vegetables" as the decision made in split seconds!

It's a great pleasure catching up with you babe. Thanks for the lunch and I think we should do this more often! Cheers!

I looked kinda awkward here as I was busy eating when she snapped this.

Sherley

Our Lunch @ Sushi Zanmai

Great deal of the day! Leopard prints bag I got for myself before meeting up with Sherley.

The shoes Sherley bought. ♥ the colour!

Erm, these are the stuffs I bought. ☺

Missing Out

Hmm, there's a total of 5 travel posts to blog about. One down which is London trip where I have completed some time ago, three more to go - Paris, Rome + Vatican, Venice and Turkey. Argh, need to buckle up the seat belt and move on. Can't be sitting here forever! I'm gonna start working soon and after that I wondered do I still have enough time to blog those! Better appreciate time now! Anyway, it's kinda late for now perhaps should start tomorrow instead. Yup, that's the deal. Nite guys.

Btw, just came across a quote which is easy to understand but fairly hard to realise this sentence. Hope I can do better in controlling my emotions. Ganbateh!! 

Happiness depends upon ourselves.
- Aristotle