Two weeks ago we got a chance to visit Paris again, and we had some other (good) surprises.
First day:
We started driving at 6h30 and arrived to Giverny (70 km from Paris) at 12h00.
- We visited Monet's house: The garden is fabulous.
- Then we went to Versailles to visit the Palace
- Then, the most exciting part for me - returning to the place were I lived 22 years ago: Bois D'arcy, Allée des Jonquilles!
The biggest disappointment was to see that the place where we used to buy candies is now a Lidl! :(
Second day:
We were staying at a friends house near Orleans, and we was kind enought to make us visit,
- The Chappel of Orleans
- The city has typical wooden houses
- The Old City Hall
- But also modern buildings
- Chambord Castel
Third day:
We left our hosts’ home at 6h30 to go to Paris, we arrived to the city at 8h00, but we took at least two more hours to get to the parking garage near our destination!
- First stop - Opera Garnier
- Walking near the sena is always pleasant, but we were on a op-on op-off bus
- On our way to the
- Rodin Museum
- After the
- Tower Eiffel by night must be amazing, but there was a huge queue and it was about to close in one hour...
Fourth day:
- Eiffel tower opens at 9h30, we wanted to be there at 9h00, but we were so tired that we just arrived 5 minutes before opening. There was already a large queue for the lift, and a smaller one for the stairs. So we climbed our way to the 2 nd floor, as I did when I was younger, and then we took the lift to the top floor. I don’t really know if I have been there before, but I don’t remember it being like that, so it was probably my first time up there.
- Catacombs: The catacombs are located in old stone mines. As the mines had to be closed for security reasons, and the town cemeteries were so full that there were a contamination source, the decision was to take the bones from the cemeteries to the mine. I wanted to go to the catacombs ever since I heard about them, but nobody wanted to go with me. This time we went there! I really enjoyed the mines part, but the bones, really… No! It’s impressive how many they are, but it was not what I was interested in seeing. Some people like it so much that they even stole skulls. At the exit there was a guard to check our bags, to be sure we didn’t take nothing. Who does that? Gross!
- They have a couple of very cute sculptures and we can see what they have done with some places that collapsed.
- And we still made it to the Louvre Museum, which is oppened s until 22h on Fridays
Fifth day:
- After four days of running around, being up all day, going to bed late and getting up early we were really tired. But, we still had one main goal: monmartre, to see the "Sacré coeur"! It's really beautiful, our photos don't make it justice!
- We still went to the Dali Space, but I wouldn't recomend it. It has some good pieces but most of it are drawing...
- I don't know how we've got the energy to get to the
And off we went, back to Holland!
