We were in between somewhere, in route to Paris. Already behind the tight schedule we always had due to economic trip plannings. We were scheduled to reach Paris at 2pm, but
because of Mr. A Junior and partly Mr. S, we missed a train [but the reason was
also kind of unavoidable (food to be exact). After having lunch you can say, we set
ourselves on course and we got on the very next train, Pariis at 5pm.
Mr. G (another classmate at IITB and interning in Reins near Paris) was also there to joining us for this trip. He also
arrived in Paris few hours before us. We reached the Paris nord station and
both of them [Mr. A and Mr. G] were there to greet us, and our plan for that day
was to visit a monument [The Sacre Basilica] , than nearby Varsille’s and rest should follow it for the day.
We reached at the basilica at around 5:30pm,
stayed there till 6:30pm or so, then we decided to go to Mr. A hostel, to
rest for the as we had a lot to walk for tomorrow. We reached his hostel at
around 10:30pm, since entry for visitors is only allowed till 10pm, so we had
to sneak in somehow. A guy sits near the
entry gate, so we needed a plan to distract him,. We decided that Mr. A and Mr. S junior (another intern from IITB), will distract him near the coffee machine
and we will make a run for the stairs, plan worked and we were in Mr. A room,
we had some dinner, watched some TV series/ movies and then went to sleep. All
in all for me, it was a memorable day. I was in Paris, my dream city (one of the dream cities I want to see). I always wanted to be here, to see the
Eiffel tower, the symbol of love in the west. People say that it
feels totally romantic at Eiffel. I wanted to feel it myself, and tomorrow it
will be fulfilled.
Day 28: Discovering Paris…
Louvre museum and Eiffel Tower
We woke up at around 9 am, and as u people
know by now Mr. S was still asleep, hard to compete with him when it comes to
arguing and sleeping. We ourselves got ready and paining the others to do so asap. Finally by
10:15 we were all set to roll out, our plan was to first visit Louvre museum
than to Eiffel, although we knew that we wouldn't be able to see the Louvre
museum completely, our main aim was on seeing the paining of – Mona Lisa. We travelled by Paris metro, reached the museum at 11am. Just seeing the entry gate (the famous glass
pyramid), remembered from the movie –“ The vinchi code”, so mesmerizing . The museum is built in the castle made by Napoleon, it
is world’s biggest museum till date. It has a total of 5+ levels, and the "Mona Lisa" is on 3rd.
The museum receives a lot of crowd every day. It’s a
beautiful place, a heaven for art lovers. We directly went to the 3rd level,
and it took us around 2-3 hours to completely go around the 3rd
level, we stayed at the "Mona Lisa" painting hall for a while, trying to wonder what is so amazing about it. Don't get me wrong, its a very fine piece of art, but just couldn't understand what made it the best art work as said by many. Even for a person with no art taste, I thought the best art work will speak for itself, but I am still not having that feeling inside me. Maybe its best to leave art to the artists. Finally we left
for Eiffel at around 2pm.
On the way we saw some other places and plazas, ate lunch
and did some time pass till finally we reached at Eiffel around 5pm, “amazing”- that were my words when I saw it
for the first time, it was my childhood dream to be here at Eiffel, a symbol of
love and hope that love still exists in this world. It was a sight worth
watching again and again, a dream come true for me. We bought the tickets
and went up to the top flora, what a sight it was, the city looked like a
pizza, cut in slices well designed and beautiful sight. It’s a place where u
wanna be, believe me it’s true, the feeling u get when u are up there can’t be
described in simple words, and when the sun goes down from Eiffel top, and if u
have someone standing next to you [your love], I am sure you will not be able
to resist a kiss there, for me it was not this case, still searching for the
perfect one.
We stayed there up till 11pm [the time when they close], took the
final elevator down. The tower was all lit and every night for an hour from 11pm to 12pm,
all the light bulbs on the tower are blinked in a jiggling light show for 1 minute in every 15 minutes gap. The show and effect is
amazing, love to see this sight again and again. We
stayed at Eiffel, had our dinner just there only at a nearby snack shop, and set down in
the garden just below Eiffel. As we always do, with memories of Amsterdam still afresh, Started playing cards. I know u won’t believe
it, but it’s true. That was a night worth remembering, in my memory. I am gonna
miss this day for as long as I am. I know there are places way beautiful than
this, but the dream won’t be there. I hope to visit Paris someday again,
preferably with my better half, to relive the dream again......
Now it was time to leave for home, no one really wanted to go back but its not what you want will happen always. We woke up early in the morning, are got fresh and straight to the station. This time it was only me, Mr. L and Mr. A Junior. Mr. S stayed there, to visit some more places for another day. Although he had to pay another 30 euros, for the change in journey date. We three reached the station (Paris norde)at around 10am, and we were scheduled to reach Copenhagen next day around 10am (24 hour journey, not a big deal for Indians). Again me and Mr. L directly went to the university from the Copenhagen central station. We came back early to home as we were tired (Much of our story on this intern I guess :P). We slept for as long as we can. This was one of the journey I will remember forever, a dream came true. Dreams is one thing I am full of, though some of them are less realistic, but who knows what lies ahead. See u tomorrow when I wake up from another dream...
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