Day -1, Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 , Day 4, Day 5 & 6, Day 7, Day 8
For our second day in Paris, we went to Leon De Bruxelles for lunch before heading to the Louvre. Sadly I didn't take any photos of our meal but it was good! I had their set lunch, with a pot of mussels and free flow fries as my mains.
After lunch, we took a leisurely walk to the Louvre. This is the exterior of the Louvre, if you look carefully through the hole in the lower left of the picture you can see a bit of the glass pyramid.
So pretty!!! The glass reflected the clouds in the sky.
First thing to do when we got in to the Louvre is to go on a treasure hunt to see Mona Lisa.
Ask L to snap a photo of me with Mona Lisa. I had to squeeze all the way in. There is forever a crowd in front of Mona Lisa.
After seeing the Mona Lisa, we roamed the rest of the Louvre. The museum was larger than expected, and there were so many artworks on display. However, I couldn't appreciate it much because I didn't understand a single thing! Even if there was an explanation on the side, it was all in French, which I couldn't understand. So we just kept walking and looking at artworks without understanding.
After awhile, we got bored and we decided to call it quits at the Louvre. Headed out and the pyramid looked different. Transparent instead of cloudy. It's so cool that the pyramid looks different during different times of the day.
Right in front of the Louvre was the another Arc. I forgot the name of this one.
After the Arc, we were at Tuileries Gardens.
Pretty pretty flowers
There were a lot of random garden chairs available so we grabbed two and just chilled. The weather was good too! It was cooling & sunny at the same time.
After chilling, we took a train down to Galeries Lafayette, an upmarket departmental store. Headed straight for the Longchamp section cus L needed to buy some bags for his relatives. There was a long queue, and it was full of Asians. Didn't see a single Caucasian in the shop or in the queue. Guess Asians are super crazy over Longchamp bags!
The ceiling is so pretty!!!
The whole place was just so pretty and atas. Sadly, I couldn't afford anything here.
After some window shopping in Galeries Lafayette, we headed to Chez Chartier for dinner, which was known for serving cheap traditional French food. I didn't have pictures again cus I always think people will stare if I take my DSLR out and take some photos of my food. They would probably think Asians are crazy. After we filled our tummies, we took a long walk back (about 20 mins). We tried to minimize taking trains cus of our experience on the first day. Waiting time was long and we didn't feel safe.
That's the end of our second day in Paris.
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