My Paris Trip:
My Paris Trip:
Saturday morning left our place by Taxi. Taxis are old model cars here. 7 of us left from Bristol at 5.50am. Express Bus reached London at 8am. Eurostar Train left London Waterloo Terminal at 9.53 am. No passport/visa checks here. This train reached a speed of 186 miles/300 kms. For 20 minutes, this train passes through an underground tunnel built in English Channel. Reached Paris at 12.53 pm London Time (1.53 pm Paris time). Station name is Gare Du Nord. No passport checking again. Only when we return they keep a note of that.
Everyone bought a 3 day pass at 120 francs, which can be used in any Train & Bus. First day itself visited Eiffel Tower, made fully with steel. We went to the top of the Eiffel Tower to get the glimpse of entire Paris. Then when in cruise which crosses so many beautiful bridges. Food for vegetarians are really horrible. Later, we found out there is a place called La Chappelle, where plenty of Tamil Hotels are available.
Second day, my colleagues left for Disney land, I left to tour places in Paris, as I have seen Disney Land already in Orlando, Florida, US. I used the Underground Railway network very effectively. I visited Arc De Triumph, which is exactly similar to our India Gate, Delhi. Even the road name is Army Road, which is the same as in Delhi. Lot of beautiful buildings in that area. One of the building houses Napolean II tomb (Napolean really terrorized English). Then I visited three churches (beautiful as well as very old). Name of one is Notre Damme and another is SacreCoir). I also visited around 3 museums that day.
Third day, we went to a museum called Louvre, where very famous paintings /sculptures are present. Significant among that is Leanordo Davinci's Original Monalisa Painting and Venus Sculpture. Then went to Picasso's museum. Not able to follow any of his drawings. Returned back by Eurostar/Express Bus/Taxi to Bristol.
Really excellent trip. Learnt few French words like Sortie (exit), Merci (Thank You), Rue de (Road of) and some more. Traffic is little bit more and people are little bit rushy. Many are not good in English, but we can adjust with actions. I already had a feeling of French, when I visited Quebec, Canada 2 years back.