Paris, France
Even though I was really looking forward to this day, I wasn’t that happy when my alarm clock went off at 7 AM. Though a nice shower and a good breakfast at the lobby of the hotel made everything better. While eating I looked at my guide for something alternative things to do in Paris, of course I will visit sights like the Eifel tower, the Sacré Coeur and Montmartre. But why not showing you some of the less known sights of Paris.
This time the train ride was a bit rough, and I kind of feel my back even though it lasted only a few hours. I decide to do something relaxing and I went to ‘Jardin du Luxembourg’ the largest public park in Paris. I wonder why they name it Luxembourg, they even named the metro station where I had to get off the metro Luxembourg. Not that it does matter, but it’s kind of weird, don’t you think?
In the park you can see the original model of the ‘Statue of liberty’, a small size version of course, which is made by the Frenchmen Frédéric Bartholdi. But that’s not the only sculpture in the park, there are lots of them. It’s really nice to see, though after like ten or so many wouldn’t be really interested in them anymore. Including me, so I went to a nice looking restaurant to take a French lunch. In France the lunch is the biggest meal of the day and they spend quite some time on it. So I decide to do the same, I order the salmon with a Caesar salad. For dessert I take a simple ice cup. And of course I drink some good Bordeaux red wine to make my lunch perfect.
Next on my schedule is a visit to the ‘Musée Guimet’ an Asian art museum. It might not be the first choice of everyone though I’ve always been interested in East-Asia so a visit to this museum is for me a logical choice. The collection offers a lot of beautiful sculptures and utensils like vases. When I visited the museum there was also a special exhibition the ‘the dragon gift – the sacred arts of Bhutan’, to see al this art was fascinating an informative because I know so little about this country. For the ones that don’t know; Bhutan lies next to Nepal.
After the visit I decide to take the metro to the hostel I searched up in the train. Thankfully they still got place for me, sometimes it’s hard to find accommodation in Paris definitely in the summer. The hostel I picked is ‘St. Christopher’s Paris’ and lies close to ‘Parc de la Villette’.
In the evening I met Chris from the UK who is on a weekend break in Paris. After the evening chatting about all sorts of topics we decide to explore the main sights of Paris together. The good thing is that he has been here before and he even speaks a bit of French! It’s already late in the evening when we decide to go to sleep and meet each other tomorrow morning at breakfast.
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