SCM

Pages

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Paris Day 3

The third day we woke up 10a.m. and only managed to start our journey at 12p.m.
It was musee day for us.
We planned to visit 3 musee in a day which is Musee Lourve which well known for the portrait of Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci, Venus De Milo which is the symbolic of the balance of the earth, Napolean, Augusta painting.

We spent quite some time to search for the famous Winged Victory as we followed the audio guide which I downloaded beforehand as the musee is so big that we can get lost without following a proper guide.
Then, we gave up searching and asked for direction instead.Only we get to know that the sculpture is under renovation. 

the entrance of the musee louvre


next to it, you can find the secret pathway to the shopping mall and you will use half of the time to get into the musee!
Hre I am!
trying to imitate
random wall sculpture
our group photo
Also, we managed to have a quick glance of Mona Lisa painting.
The room are so crowded that it is almost impossible to take a close-up selfie with Mona lIsa


The next station is Musee Orsay, which is well known for the Monet, the Van Gough painting, and the big clock.
We spent quite some tome to figure out the meaning behind all the painting before we read through the description and obviously we are not artistic and imaginative enough to find out the deep maeaning behind the painting. However, I really admired the hard pieces of art.


Our Lady of Freedom



We only managed to visit 2 musee in the end. 

Well, after that, it was almost night time and we decided to go for the last station which is the Arc the Triumph before it closed. We really rushed from one station to the next and always arrived the moment before it closed down! Is it lucky or bad plan? haha, from the airport to the musee orsay and now the arc of the triumph.But still, we managed to get in. 
The spiral stairs lead us to the top of the Triumph. We saw the buildings are just like small ants everywhere shining with different lighting.

hre we are, inside the Arc
from the top of the Arch
the fire that never burnt off!

 Then. we went to Concorde to search for the famous Macaron again! disappointment overwelmed us! It is closed!

Then ,we know that not just Christmas Eve but most of the restaurants here close before 7 or 8 p.m. Feeling desperate to search around for food after having just biscuit for our breakfast and lunch! Staving!

Finally, we went to another restaurant! surprisingly, they sell Macaron too! ( though a bit expensive but well- worth)

well, we passed by Eiffel Tower on the way back! So, another photo with Eiffel Tower! =P


No comments:

Post a Comment