My Paris Travelogue is DONE!!!!

[dragos]

I was in Paris from 13/9 - 17/9 for my honeymoon....take a look at my travelogue here.

http://www.adamteo.com/travel/paris


Well, for those who had missed my Melbourne Travelogue. It can be found at

http://www.adamteo.com/travel/melbourne

[cheechee]

Wow... Pretty impressive.. Envy

Just some extra info, actually if u happen to tour Paris next time, u should also try out the main city area - those small streets. This will be a totally different experiance. Actually in some part of the city center juz beside Seine river, some of the buildings have totally different things underneath them as there are a lot of past historical stuff , some have undergrd ancient Roman Common Bath facility, etc.

And interesting places are Saint-Michel juz beside Seine river, Saint Chapelle , musee de cluny,theatre de l'odeon etc. All pretty nice place if u have more days to spend in Paris (maybe next time when u two going for another trip? )

How i know this? Well, i haven't had the chance to travel there(though planning a backpack trip now). Just recommendations by my french tutor, a local there...

Cheers.

[dragos]

Nah...seldom go to the same place twice...hehe

Have fun for your trip though.

Saw my Melbourne travelogue? That's one place I would like to go again...

[matthew]

Quote: Originally posted by dragos [b]I was in Paris from 13/9 - 17/9 for my honeymoon....take a look at my travelogue here.

Your purple Eiffel Tower 'spheres' I think are the search lights on the top of the tower reflecting off the 'inversion layer' above the city (zone were different air temperatures meet, the city will be warmer).

The haze is probably the steam/smoke from the restaurant thats on the 2nd level. And you have a 'hot' pixel.


Taken from 'Tour Montparnasse' on the other side of the city from the Effiel tower.
Tour Montparnasse is probably the only really tall building in 'central' Paris (The bit inside the old city walls). They don't generally allow high rise development, they are 'preserving' the old city - the sky scrappers are out side the city wall.

We'll be gong back - not for as long, but passing through and seeing the odd place or to.

The 'cable' care thing is a 'funicular', its pretty well technology wise a lift or elavator but on its side. They predate escalators, we saw quite a few along the southern coasts on England, hauling people up the sides of cliffs. Some were even called 'lifts' instead of Funiculars'. Lyon even has 2 funiculars that are intergrated into their public transport system and not just tourist attractions.

The Paris Montmartre looks odd in that they recently completely rebuilt it using modern technology. It's a startard 'metro' trip to ride it. These days you would just build an escalator. (They did in Barcelona, to get up to Parc Güell, a series of outdoor escalators up the centre of a narrow laneway).

The trails in the sky we saw all over Europe, they are just passing commercial jets - the turbulance causes water vapour to condense and leaves a small cloud behind. Quite noticable in London and Paris presumably due to the very large amount of air traffic to those cities and the generally cold air.

If you thought Paris was cold in September, try January when we were there :-)

[matthew]

Quote: Originally posted by cheechee Wow... Pretty impressive.. Envy Actually in some part of the city center juz beside Seine river, some of the buildings have totally different things underneath them as there are a lot of past historical stuff , some have undergrd ancient Roman Common Bath facility, etc.

Trouble with Paris is that they flattened the medieval city and started again only a few 100 years ago. (My french history is non existant).
London's medieval city burned down, I don't know what the French excuse was.

We went to Lyon when in France, 600Km from Paris but only 2 hours on the train - parts of Lyon's medieval city have survived, even some Roman parts - the main amphitheatre complex is still used for performances, although it is a bit worse for wear after 2000 years :-)
Our departmental admin assistant at work has sung in a concert at the Lyon Roman amphitheatre.

Great place to visit if you like history.

[dragos]

if got money...will go to egypt or nepal next...hehehe

like these places....got mysterious feel to them.

[kristlbel]

you are one of the brave ones eager to go to egypt now...

careful don't get bombed :P

[plainsman]

wow that was amazing dragos.. thank you for sharing your photos...........think i must really go paris one of these days..... sooooo many nice things to see, esp the paintings, statues, buildings etc.

[cheechee]

Quote: Originally posted by kristlbel you are one of the brave ones eager to go to egypt now... careful don't get bombed :P

Hehe.. Who really wants to bomb Egypt? Definitely safer than Tel Aviv........

[weg]

if got chance shld go Greece ... oso very nice place... but i guess most part of europe n other countries for tt matter are nice to visit... travel while u still can! And make more travelogues to share with us!

[cccp]

Paris my favourite City!!!!

Morocco is a very good place where u can get shots which are non-touristy. The people there pose really genuinely for u and the desert is beautiful. Imagine seeing sunrise and the moon together in the desert.

Very good place to do portrait shots and night shots because the people there are darn frenly and their nite markets are like 10 times the size of our pasar malam. they sell exotic stuff too

[dragos]

Quote: Originally posted by plainsman wow that was amazing dragos.. thank you for sharing your photos...........think i must really go paris one of these days..... sooooo many nice things to see, esp the paintings, statues, buildings etc.

Thanks..

Want to sponsor me?

Hehehehe....best if got travel agent want to sponsor me to travel for them and do travelogues for them...hehe

Might not be travelling for a while now....busy with hse reno lor....

Maybe just a short one next year to Sydney or Perth or Hobart.

[aikidoka25]

I think this is Joanne D'Arc statue, isn't it?

[zOOm]

dragos,
Thanks for sharing your travelogue; the palaces & catherals are beautiful wah ... mind if you share the cost of your honeymoon trip?

actually I always wanted to visit provence; moi more of a nature then history lover