The amazing view along the Seine River...This Paris trip was truly a mad rush for us. With just 2 days to explore this historical, romantic, cultural yet modern city, we truly made our legs pay for it and our day-passes more than worth its price. To get there, we took a night bus from Frankfurt, departing at 10pm and arriving at 6am. Being such a deepsleeper, I think I slept through 70% of the journey. Our poor friend Nicole had motion-sickness and puked her guts out (while i was in dreamland) poorthang.
The weather sucked the day we arrived. Rainy and windy, totally not optimal for sight-seeing but we had to make every minute in Paris worthwhile. So, off we went to Versailles Palace...
History students, you remember Versailles Treaty signed at the end of WW2? Ya, this is the place it took its name from.
Lonely Planet says this is one of the most magnificent palace in Europe. Well, even if we factor in the bad weather, this palace still don't come close to being a 'gasp-eyeball-drop-out' kind of place.
King Louis XIV's private chapel 
As for the interior, everything was very gold..
Hercules arriving on a chariot...
Versailes has a huuuge garden behind the palace. A stroll in the lush greenery would have been real lovely in the summer, but it was too rainy, windy, cold for us to venture out.
Basilique du Sacre Coeur, at Montmatre Hill
Moulin Rouge, located at the foot of Montmatre 
The Opera House
The weather was brilliant on the second day! We wasted no time and rushed to the Lourve...
It opens at 9am, but common-kiasu-sense tells us we have to queue at 8am, since its a free-entry day. Spot on, we joined the 50m queue at 8.20am, feeling damn smug as we see the line stretch more than 200m by the time we were let in.
Cheapos alert: On the 1st Sunday of the month, many museums are free, including the Louvre!
Hotel de Ville: not very famous, but oh so beatiful!
The Patheon
Taking a breather and chomping on our standard budget lunch: home-made ham-cheese sandwich.
Eiffel Tower
You can't help but be mesmorized by this magnificient architechture. It’s hard to imagine that such an enduring symbol of Paris was originally built to last only for the duration of the Paris World Fair of 1889.
We started doing the SMU jumps...
...and our friends thought it's damn fun. Sooo, we stayed there and jumped for half an hour :)
Jem's very proud of this postcard-like picture
* France must-try: Eat crepes, especially the Nutella ones. Yummmy!
Moulin Rouge, located at the foot of Montmatre The Opera HouseThe weather was brilliant on the second day! We wasted no time and rushed to the Lourve...
It opens at 9am, but common-kiasu-sense tells us we have to queue at 8am, since its a free-entry day. Spot on, we joined the 50m queue at 8.20am, feeling damn smug as we see the line stretch more than 200m by the time we were let in.
Cheapos alert: On the 1st Sunday of the month, many museums are free, including the Louvre!Hotel de Ville: not very famous, but oh so beatiful!
Ya, I like this place :)
Notre Dame
The Patheon
Taking a breather and chomping on our standard budget lunch: home-made ham-cheese sandwich.Eiffel TowerYou can't help but be mesmorized by this magnificient architechture. It’s hard to imagine that such an enduring symbol of Paris was originally built to last only for the duration of the Paris World Fair of 1889.
We started doing the SMU jumps......and our friends thought it's damn fun. Sooo, we stayed there and jumped for half an hour :)Jem's very proud of this postcard-like picture* France must-try: Eat crepes, especially the Nutella ones. Yummmy!
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