No other city in the world is as beautiful as Paris. I never been to america. Buy once an american expressed his admiration for Paris. For non visitors Paris is Eiffel tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, Arc de triumph but those who have been there they admire the wide boulevards, lively sidewalks a
nd busy subway called metro. Paris is very spacious, It is very strange for a such old city. There is nothing like wide boulevard of Champs Elysis, flanked by expensive cafe, mall, hotel, cinemas, bistro etc. My suggesion is to walk from “Notre Dame” church to “Arc de Triump”. Church has its fame from writing of victor hugo, the Hunchback of Notre Dame and arc. which commemorates the
victories of Napoleanic war. B
y the way to counter that victory the british rejouice his defeat by naming a rail station called waterloo, the warfield where napolian was defeated. Anyway On the way to arc you will meet Louvre Museum , guillotine famed Place de la Concorde. and two big Places called Grande and Petite Palace ( big and small palace), mostly serves as museum.
Paris Metro : Oh la la,(french expression for instant admiration) what a show, hundreds of people of all ethnic group french, african, asian making there way to home or office through metro. This underground train system provide perfect solution of mass transportation. The most strange is the carriages run on rubber tire similar to lorries, over a pair of railway track. You can find metro station in any direction if you walk for 15 minutes. It is very commuter friendly city. This is much simpler compared to London, you need not know french. Through metro you can come close contact with Parisian. Rosy lips, curly hair, scented neck all seems within reach. They are very fashion and figure conscios. Somebody told me Paris is good without Parisian. I don`t think so. Rather they are the heart of all attraction. People from its former colonies provides lots of color white, black and brown which reminds its colorful past. Ethnic diversity is hall mark of a international city. Paris bears this gracefully. I am obsessed with Paris metro, I even like the sound of door alarm, sound of speeding, and sound of low voice approach like “Excuse Moa” or Pardon Mesier. What an ambiance. Metro has great influence on tourist as well as parisian. you know Paris has big influence on art, a number of art movements started from Paris impressionism, post impressionism, fauvism, cubism etc. hundreds musuems. It is a city
Of art and culture. But average parisian has no time for all these. They spent their time in M-B-M, what is that. It is just metro_beaurue_metro or subway to offce,Then office and subway to home.
Louvre museum: it is another example of French power under Napolian. Which expanded beyond Mediterranean. By doing so France able to write there name in history book besides Greek, Romans, Arab and Ottoman. Louvre museum houses all the valuable artifacts looted from overseas territories. A small sphynx and a number of mummies proves their victory over Egypt. In egypt and lebanon many people speak french as second language. Louvre is greatest treasure house on the earth. It houses 2 famous diva of art world, mona lisa and venus de milo. And numerous sculpture, jewellary, sarcofagus, mummy and painting. Once I saw a Chinese male tourist look at life size marble sculpture of female figure with great admiration. When he saw me noticing it he felt bit shy. Never enter in lovre if visiting paris less than 3day. It is huge, requires a whole day.
Paris is open museum. Who want ti mis paris for louvre museum. Besides old building there are plenty of building which are strikingly modern. Complex like la defense is unique and I think there is no match. It is bold by great builder, premier Mitterand, once a frenchman told me he is farao, why you called him farao. Well made lot of mega structure including pyramid. Which pyramid, oh I remember the pyramid in front of louvre museum which serves entrance hall.
Paris city of perfume, painting, cafe. Not for us, We find everything is expensive.
One medium size of Chanel 5 costs around half of my one month`s salary. The tourist bus stopped near big posh shopping mall “Galarie Lafayette”. But we have no time to go inside. We rather chose to visit “Tati”. The famous 3/5 storied tunisian owned burgain shop. Near Pigalle. at poorer part of paris where immigrant from north africa lives. Parisian are nocturnal being. Restaurant at one oclock in midnight seems just started. is ”Mid Night in Paris” of Woody Allen is not a movie, it is a frantic effort the get share of the great city which we rear in our heart or Greeting Card, inscribed as Paris J`taime. Cities is just like woman they allure but never stop.
History of Paris is very rich, occupation by german army, treaty of Versailles large palace garden, French revolution. When I visited Bastille, omg the fort is not there, it he’s been flattened to the ground.
Movies : quite a few movie wil give you flavour paris. of I see movies that has stories based in paris with great interest. lets see how many I can remember. Last tango in paris, Frantic, harrison ford, new movies like borne identity. Midnight in paris,
