Sadly, this is the last part of my study trip to France. I just had one day to go around Paris this time, not good not good. Yeah, I know it's a very limited time especially when it comes to P.A.R.I.S. but I can do nothing. Anyways, I will put our trip to carcassone and albi as well. It's another region in France :)
In Paris, we went to Montparnasse to see Paris city in 56th floor. We could see the entire city on the top of the tower. It's breathtaking. You could see the eiffel tower, arc du triomphe which is very small from the top, notredame, jardin du luxemburg, etc. It's one of the top list places you should go whenever you travel to Paris.
After we went to montparnasse, we're heading to see Mona Lisa artwork in Musse du Louvre. Well, I'm not an artist, I'm just a connoisseur. Looking into thousands of painting, sculpture, artwork, it's just unbelievable and amazing. How they did that? I mean, that's a really a true talent. I kept walking in silence, being amazed of each of the painting, it looks so real, artistic,and beautiful. I bet it's worth a thousand miles for me to see these divine paintings.
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| It looks like they're being photographed, not painted |
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| The mystical Mona Lisa |
After saw those impresive artwork, it's time to see the icon tower of the city. you know. Eiffel Tower! Let me give you a true fact of this icon tower.
Eiffel, or Eye Sore?
When eiffel tower was built, there were many people who thought it would be the ruin of the great city. The famous tower was build for Paris Centennial Exhibition in 1889. It was scheduled to stand for only 20 years-but for critics, that was 20 years too long. Construction was barely under way when a committee of fifty writers and artists launched a public campaign against what they called "the useless and monstrous Eiffel Tower." They bemoaned its "barbarous mass overwhelming and humiliating all our monuments." Other critics referred to the tower as a "a lamp post stuck in the belly of Paris" and "a giant ungainly skeleton." Can you imagine that?
People didn't approved and kept up a drumbeat of criticism, until radio was invented and proved to be the tower's salvation. The thousand-foot structure turned out to be an excellent radio tower that could receive messages from far... farr.. away. In 1907 the French government decided the tower couldn't come down-it was too valuable as an antenna. Function followed form this time around, and saved a Paris monument from certain destruction. What a fact!
At night, we went to Sacre coeur. It was a lovely night and we spent sometime to have dinner there. A splendid view yet very relaxing. I wish I still had time to go back there. *finger crossed*
Here I do include the other pictures that I took from carcassonne, albi, and around Paris (notredame, jardin du luxembourg, etc)
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| Albi, southern of France |
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| I miss bread in France. really |
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| Jardin du luxembourg |
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| It makes me envy. :p |
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| Carcassonne. Freezingg |
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| Cassoulet. Traditional dish in France |
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| What I bought |
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| Laduree or Pierre Herme? Pierre herme sil vous plait! |
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| Bought the sucre Livre of Laduree |
What a trip. amazing sight, delicious food everywhere, shooping galleries. It's a wrap!! I'll be back to France. Someday! ;)
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| Blogging + Cookies = Epic |
Bisous,
Agy.
Couldn't agree more. It's in the simplest thing that we adore. I miss walking early catching the rising sun, grab the baguette while its hot.
ReplyDeleteAnw, Hi! stumbled upon your blog. Liked your post on foods and origin too. I learned new stuff!
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