Pah. Ghi. 1st day.

Subhanallah.

that practically sums up everything i'd like to say bout Paris.
such a beautiful place. beautiful architecture. beautiful scenery. beautiful experience.

first day. arrival. Charles de Gaulle aeroport. saturday. 9.15 a.m.

a lot of people were queuing to get their passports stamped to exit the aeroport. including us. then we took a train to the city. walked walked and walked. passed many beautiful buildings, parks, shops, gardens, streets..arrived at a square garden. quite famous, but i can't remember name. had lunch there. checked in at hotel. put our stuff. headed out to Mont Martre. walked. walked and walked. fuh~ finally there. toured the place. bought some souvenirs. had caramel crepe. lovely. sun shining. lotsa people. some sitting on the grass. some reading. some cuddling. some lying. some chatting.some sleeping. some eating. some walking around. some taking photos. that's us.

after taking in the atmosphere there we continued the journey. passed a lot of souvenir shops. going down hill. down down down. turned left. walked walked and walked. passed a whole stretch of XXX shops and video rentals. and voila. Moulin Rouge. snap snap. then moved on.
*quite a scary area. brrr.

next stop. the Louvre and Champs Eleysee.
took the train. ding dong. we're there. was already 5 pm. the Louvre was about to close. just enjoyed the scenery outside the Louvre. the sun was still shining but was about to set. the sky had such a lovely tone. just sat there. immersed in its beauty. surrounded by breathtaking monuments.

continuing the tour. walked again. headed to the garden. entered Champs Eleysee Garden. lovely. felt really nice to be close to the grenery. though much of the trees have not yet blossomed. still, i was ecstatic to be fiesting my eyes to those gorgeous types of branching trees. without any leaves, but just naturally beautiful with intricate branches sprouting about. those were my favourite types.

walked the whole stretch until we were practically shooed away by the guards. hehe. apparently the garden closes at 6.30 pm. at the end we could see Eiffel tower from far. we continued the walk. it was getting colder and darker by the minute. but it wasn't scary or anything. the streets were lit with vibrant lights. decorating the streets and rows of high-end shops. beautiful.

finally. our last landmark of the day. Arc de Triumph. by then, i couldn't feel my legs. alright that would be the end of today. i gathered my last energy reserve to head back to our hotel. that was by train of course. going to all those places today, i couldn't forget thinking about Robert Langdon, (in Dan Brown's 'Da Vinci Code') how the author describes going in the Louvre and his encounter in Paris. the images from the description in his book kept flashing through my head. probably i was too absorbed by the book. okayy. it's just fiction anyway.

tucked myself in bed. pulled the quilt over my head. ready to doze off. it was 12.30 am.

tomorrow. Disneyland Paris.