People think about Eiffel Tower when we speak about Paris. Yes indeed. See how happy my dad is! Haha! This is where we spent our first day in Paris..
The view from the top of Eiffel Tower where you can see the whole Paris. Awesome view.
Quoting from dad ‘我从来没有想到吃到那么老可以来看这个巴黎铁塔’ (he said it in Hokkien..hehe.) means ‘I never thought I can have a chance to see Eiffel Tower in my age’
Mom invented a new quote as well ‘那个la rambla 那么ba ba bai bai’ ..well without being disrespectful, we bumped into a Malaysian family in a queue waiting to get to the top of Eiffel Tower. Mom was being friendly talking to them. They were being a bit snobbish (maybe they have the superior feeling over us as they were rich and from Kuala Lumpur, and consider us as a bunch of country monkeys who are from a small town Alor Star, lol) and used Manglish (with loads of la la la sound in speaking English) when talking to us. Lol.. I couldn’t be much bother. That’s why mom nicknamed them the La Rambla family. Mom, you are ‘si beh’ (means ‘very’ in Malaysian Hokkien language’ ) creative !! lol…
When we were coming down using the elevator from the top .. well, you can choose to climb the stairs if you want to…which costs you less…hehe..but this option is defo out for us
We then went to see the sights around Eiffel Tower, chillaxing then the rain came…grrr…and we had to hid in a museum café and as usual, I need to take a few dose of caffeine…coffee time…lol…
Then we walked to the Arc de Triomphe
I wasn’t really feeling that well that day, therefore we left early back to the hotel. Of course not forgetting to take my dad to a Chinese shop for his dinner. He spotted one Chinese takeaways / restaurant near Riquet station and kept nagging me afterwards.
The rain stopped after dinner. We then took a walk around the hotel..
See what he did this time again..haha .. Dad was happily dancing along the street, check out the last bit, he gained a thumb up from the strangers.. lol..
We were staying in Holiday Inn Express Paris-Canal de la Villette . Absolutely worth for money. This holiday Inn Express is 100 times better than the one I was staying for work at Burton on Trent..
The view from our room…
It changes color in the evening…haha
In the second day, we went to places around musée du Louvre
And again dad was showing off his kung fu in Paris…-.-‘’’
We then walked around the parks nearby and went to see Notre-Dame de Paris
Around this area, I got my red French hat too..haha
Then rain came again…we were sheltered under a bridge…lol..
It was quite a while we were waiting until the rain stopped… I had nothing better to do that time… I think there is no one understand what I was doing…lol
Finally the rain stopped and I forced my dad to take a music video of me…lol…have a guess what I was singing… One thing I like travelling at the westerners world is no one will really bother what on earth you are doing… I guess if I did the same back home, probably people will shout ‘xiao zha boh’ (crazy girl in Hokkien language)
While we were on our way to see Opéra national de Paris , we bumped into a acoustic performance on the street
Looked at the theatre…
Lastly, we had delicate French seafood for dinner. The restaurant is just next to the hotel..
Au revoir Paris!!
We arrived at London on the 24th July late afternoon and stayed a night at The Great Expectation in Reading.
Au revior , lovely parents on the 25th July at Heathrow…
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Uncle Seng and Aunt Jean for housing my parents in the first week of our holiday, taking us to and from the airport…much appreciated…
It is not an easy task taking parents for a trip, I have to be honest. I apologise for the time when I lost my temper occasionally. Thanks dad, it was all triggered by your rant.. haha.. lol..
In fact, I quite proud of myself…I am not good in reading maps..but in this trip, at least I manage to lead my parents to the right destination most times…hehe..
I think I will be a better family trip planner next time..stock up the pot noodles, and always go for buffet breakfast inclusive hotels…lol…
I still have a wide smile on my face every time thinking about this trip… - Chekie PaMa Holiday 2011..
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