Paris Day 1

Hey guys! I'm back from my 14 days of Europe trip and I'm ready to blog about it!
Our schedule was a bit tight and short. But anyhow, I'll blog as detail as possible.
We headed to Paris from Kuala Lumpur on the 29th of February 2 weeks ago. After the 14 hours long flight, we reached Orly Airport and started our journey straight away without resting. Talk about youth =)

So our first stop was Hotel de Ville. We headed there first because it was the nearest attraction to our hotel.  It is the building housing the City of Paris's administration. Although it's named as "Hotel" but it has nothing to do with hotel at all. In French, hotel means  a townhouse or any other building seeing frequent visitors, rather than a place offering accommodation. For more information about Hotel de Ville, click here.
To get there, hop on to metro Hotel de Ville.

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After the first stop, we just walked around the town and explore new things. Of course with the guide of map. No worries of getting lost in Paris because maps are  provided on every bus stop or information area. It will show you where you are, and state those tourism attractions for you clearly with pictures. It pretty easy to understand and follow, even for a person who don't understand French at all---like me.

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Along the way, we get ourselves some gelato despite the cold weather.... 

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We got the Mango sorbet.  Very Mango-ish and cold.

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Sandwich as brunch. 

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Any Nutella fans out there screaming?

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Ham+Cheese in Baguette 

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The whole town is a piece of art with buildings coordinating with nature. 

Take a look at the wall. It looked as if there are shadows of the tree right? Instead, it's graffiti. 

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Every building is individual with different designs and structure. Non of them repeated. And non of the balconies look alike. 

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This is the very first macaron bakery that I tried in Paris. Their macaron are very flavoury, colorful and affordable too. 7 macarons for 7€. 

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The Odeon Theatre

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 Do you have any idea where this is? 

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It is the Luxembourg Palace.

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According to its history, it was once served as a prison. I guess this must have been the most beautiful prison ever right? Before this Palace is a huge garden with a big pond and chairs for visitors and a sweet escape from the hectic city =)

Our next stop is the Pantheon.

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We didn't enter the Pantheon because entrance fee is required. As far as we know, it is a  burial place for martyrs and brilliant French citizens. So there must be tombs and statues. So we decided to save up the Euros for the next attraction. However, from what the internet says, the interior is  the combination of gothic and classic.


Next is a church situated behind the Pantheon. I have no idea what chuch is this but it seemed to be closed. After google-ing it, I found that it is the Saint Etienne du Mont chapel. More info click here.

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Lunch time! Forgotten the name of the dishes but it sure tastes good! And the waiters are real friendly just like what stated on their slogan : Friendly diner. And they have free wi-fi too!

Baguette always came in free with dishes in Paris. So no need to worry about the extra charges. 

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This is half of day 1 in Paris. The other half will be on next post because there are too many photos and stories to be tell. Hope you enjoy this post! =)

Reminder to self and readers:

Up next, Notre-Dame

Stay tuned!

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