Monday, August 06, 2007

Hotel Viator, Paris: July 15 & 16

Beng advised us to take a cab once we reached Gare de Nord in Paris because of our luggages. The hotel was so obscure that even the taxi driver needed to refer to his map to find it and even so, we found it at the wrong end of a one-way street.

SP suggested that we head for Champs Elysees to see how much have changed since our last visit almost 30 years ago. We found out that we were too late for the open-top bus tour. Anyway, during our 3-day 2-night in Paris, we enjoyed a river cruise, looked around at Eiffel Tower (long queues even if we were interested to go up), walked up to Montmartre, and visited other tourist destinations like Notre Dame Cathedral and Gallerie
de Lafayette. At Lafayette, we chanced upon the open-air top level where we could see across Paris in all directions. It is amusing to see Orientals crowding round designer sections, especially LV, where they even have oriental staff members to serve them.

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