Paris Trip (20080808-12)

8th-9th August 2008

Today is the day me and my flatmates go for Paris Trip. It is a three-day two-night trip. We go with our friends, Shean Ying, Soon and Yvan. We walk to Sheffield Interchange at seven something at night. We need to take train from Sheffield to Doncaster before go to London. It takes us half an hour to reach Doncaster.

These are all the bags we bring to Paris. It includes clothes, food and some of them even bring their 'bao bei'..

The following pictures show what we do in the train from Doncaster to London.



Pik Kay, Rebecca, Sok Ling and Kah Wai are sleeping during the journey.

As for Soke Yee, she is preparing for BSMA seminar. She is so hardworking..

This is Soke Yee's bear. Wearing the eye bed...

When we reach the train station in London, Shean Ying start to find the platform where Harry Potter and his friends take to go to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This is it....

Our flat got one culture. That is to call everyone's name for fun. When we are in London, we have upgraded our culture by adding some actions. These are the actions we have to do when we call the names. We take this picture in front of the station.

See how great this picture is taken. Can see how fast Kah Wai is running.




The above pictures are the actions we need to do when we call each other. We are showing our own name's actions.

As we need for few hours before we take Eurostar to Paris. We have our adventure in the station. We take picture by doing pose.

When we see the above statue, we try to take the above poses. Me and Pik Kay is punching each other face. Actually, me and Kah Wai pose for kicking each other. However, I fell and this is the result of the picture taken.

After our adventure, there is nothing to do. We all cannot sleep and some of us start playing cards. By the way, there are new member in the group.The guy sitting beside Soon is Marcus.

Before going to the platform, we all take pictures outside the station. There are drawings on the wall and we do things according to the pictures. See the following pictures.


This picture is taken in front of the Eurostar before we get into it.

All of us take pictures in the train when we find our seats.




We have finally reach Paris. This is taken when we are in the station.

This is where we are staying during this trip. Hotel Formule 1....



The above are the pictures of the looks of our room. Three people stay in one room. I stay with Pik Kay and Kah Wai. We are 'Qiao Bang'..


These are our breakfast that is ordered by Yvan. I like the third one.

Today our tour guide is Yvan. He is Mr 'Mang'. He walks very fast. We have to catch up with him. We have to take train to places we want to visit. The above picture is not taken by me. I just download from website. Most of us may think Paris is a romantic place to go. However, when we reach the train station to catch a train, the images of romantic Paris shown in movies and books break into pieces. It's look dirty and smelly when we walk along. There are rubbish everywhere. No more romance.....

Our first stop is Louvre. This is the place I want to go after reading Da Vinci Code. I want to see the pyramid.


La Pyramide du Lourve

Taking pictures in front of the pyramid before we go inside the museum.

The following pictures are taken from inside the building.



The Virgin of Rocks:
Mona Lisa:


Displays in the museum:













This is a bit scary. I thought they are real human beings at first. It looks real.

This picture is taken by Kah Wai. He says this is the prettiest. (as can't see us clearly)




Paris Eye


After visiting the Lauvre, we go to Eiffel Tower.


At last Kah Wai 'bao bei' appears in the picture with Eiffel Tower.



Our first dinner in Paris is French food. It is recommended by Yvan.


Our Dinner:









After our dinner, we go to Notre-Dame.




This following is La Conciergrie.





10th August 2008

Today, Yvan is not with us. So, we go on our own. Soon is the leader.

On the train, there will be some people performing.

Picture taken in the train.

This is taken outside a building. The clock can move.

Eifffels Towers appear at Versailles.

We take pictures in the garden before we go for the palace tour. 'Qiao Bang' group photo. Forget to introduce. From left: 'Bang Zhu-Kah Wai; former 'Bang Zhu'-Pik Kay; Me...



Golden Gate..


This is our tour guide for palace tour.

This is a bed in the palace. For me, the bed is small and tall. Erm.. are the king and queen are short...
This ancient clock is still working.

Fountains for two hours..








Posing on the field:

I Love U

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Kah Wai wants to jump into the pond. When I go near it, the pond really big and deep.


I like this picture. It is taken by me.

The fish are fighting for food when we throw biscuits to them. They are big.
The wind blows strongly and the umbrella 'fly up'.



This is the wooden car we see on the way go meet Yvan

This is our second day dinner. Paris' Kebab. Belanja by Yvan.. Thanks...

I don't know what name is this building. We can go to 56th and 59th level to see the view of city.



Eiffel Tower at night.

After going to the Eiffel Tower, we all rush to the train station. We have to catch train back to our hotel. We run up and down in the station to catch the last train. Pik Kay says this is her total of run of 23 years.However, we miss the train. Yvan says we need to walk for three hours to walk back to hotel. While Yvan is figuring out ways to go back, we take pictures around us. Night trip in Paris..

L' Arc de Triomphe



We take bus back to our hotel. When we reach our hotel it's already two o three something in the morning. We take our bath, chat and sleep..

11th August 2008

Today we go to Sacre-Coeur. We have to climb the stairs before we reach on top of it.

This is the view from the top.




Le Moulin Rouge



Lunch time.. It's my first lunch in Paris actually.



This is the High Street in Paris. The shops are branded shop..



These are the cars that are display in the shops. Cool man..

High Class Pig...

When in Paris, we can see people in the shops along the street like to face outside. Like watching people walk by them.

Louis Vuitton!!

This is the LV shop in Paris. It's big.

Last dinner in Paris. Kebab again..

Taking picture in Eurostar on the way back to London.



When we are on the way back to Doncaster from London, we celebrate Kah Wai's birthday in the train. We wake him up by singing birthday song.

When we reach Doncaster, some of us go back Sheffield by taxi. So, left me, Soke Yee, Pik Kay, Kah Wai and Soon waiting for the train to go back Sheffield. As the station wants to close, we have to find place to rest. We walk for few minutes and find a car park. However, we think it's dangerous to stay there. So we walk back to the station and rest in the shopping complex beside the station. After putting our things down and decide to rest, we are chased out by the security guard. We have to stay in the cold outside the station. So cham and tired...



This is an enjoyable trip and I have new experience. I have visited the Lauvre and see the Mona Lisa few steps away. It's a good experience in visiting the historical places. It's amazing to see the people in the past complete the drawings, statues and buildings.

19-Aug-08 6:49 pm