Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Paris 1

We set out from our apartment at 6 o’clock and got to Copenhagen airport at about 7.The baggage carrousel had broken down,so they had to check in the luggages manually,there was a long queue,cuz they just had only one check in desk,but we,fortunately,got on the plane on time.
The flight only took 2 hours from Copenhagen to Paris.We got two news when we arrived at Charles de Gaulle airport Paris,the bad news was our baggage was left in the Copenhagen airport,the good one was that we didn’t have to take it to the hotel ourselves.We got on the train to the heart of city after we had filled the property irregularity report at the service desk of SAS.


The day started overcast and cloudy, but as if to match our mood, the clouds broke and sunshine prevailed by the time we reached the city.After dumping off our luggage in the room of our hotel we grabed a city map of Paris at the front desk and set out an exploratory tour of the area.We planed to go to the place de la Bastille but it turned out that we got lost and took a very roundabout way.
We window shopped in almost every souvenir stores we passed by,after a while, we found ourselves alreay at the plaza in front of Notre Dame.We spent a few minutes taking some outside pictures of the cathedral but it was a pity that we couldn’t enter the nave,cuz it was closed.


We walked down to the Pont Neuf bridge,just a few minutes walk,but hunger drove us back to the Latin Quarter,where is filled with “authentic” french restaurants,many offering 3 or 4 course menus. We settled on one such restaurant, and dined on such French standards as beef bourgougne and mussels.Filled to the brim with rich French food, we walked back to the hotel,this was our first day in this magical city.


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