法国巴黎（四）之完结篇。 Paris France ( Part 4) ~ The End

15th May 2007, the last day for us in Paris. As usual, early in the morning, I waked up at 8AM. After we had got ourselves ready, Eric waked up and gave us a goodbye hug because we would leave Paris before he reach home after work. After that, we walked to the Metro station, set off to Sainte Chapelle.

2007年5月15日，是咱们最后1天逗留在巴黎。如往常1样，早起的鸟儿有虫 吃。我早上8点就起床了。梳洗完毕，Eric起床给我们来个goodbye拥抱，因为今天在他放工回家前，我们已经离开巴黎了。 拥抱过后，我们走到附近的地铁站朝Sainte Chapelle出发。



Oh my god! Saint Chapelle was on renovation. Consequently, my plan to snapshot the chapel's facade had to be canceled.

我的天！这Sainte Chapelle正在装修。我本来打算在正门拍她那高耸的顶，看来这念头得被逼打消。




Well, since it was still early, we had our breakfast in a coffeehouse located just beside the chapel. I reminded Mr Yap not to order too much food because westerners breakfast always in X size。 I order a sandwich and a cup of coffee. Mr Yap said that only 1 sandwich should not be enough, therefore he ordered cold chicken breakfast and another cup of coffee.

反正时间还早得很，我们就在教堂旁边的咖啡屋吃早餐。我再3提醒叶先生不要点太多食物，因为那些鬼佬的食量比我们大，所以他们的食物通常是X size的。 我点了1分三文治和1杯咖啡。叶先生认为三文治再大也不会大到哪里去， 所以他点了1份冷鸡肉早餐和1杯咖啡。



When the waiter served our food, we felt shocked. Oh my god! The sandwich was huge! A loaf of bread came as complimentary food .

当侍应生把食物端上来时，我们吓到。。。。。。这三文治未免太大了吧？咖啡座还附送1条面包给我们。





The ticket to enter this chapel was about 7 Euro per person. The Gothic structure was so fascinating. This is one of the characteristic of Gothic architecture: Pointed Arch.

这间教堂的入门票大约是7欧元。我对歌德式的建筑建筑很有兴趣。歌德式建筑的其中1个特色：尖肋拱顶。








Rose window, another characteristic of this Gothic building. Every single window represents a story in the bible. The stories on the colorful windows acted as a media to deliver the messages from the bible to the people who could not read.

大大的玫瑰窗和四周的柳叶窗，也是特色之一。每个窗都有1个圣经故事。在远古的时代，大部分的人都是文盲。那些窗就是把圣经 讯息传达给大众的媒介。 因为四周都是窗，所以整个建筑物看起来很明亮。





After the photo shooting session, we went to the Notre Dame, which was located just beside the Saint Chapelle. While waiting for Sri, we went along the Seine River. The weather was cold, however with warm sunlight. There was a street artist singing on the bridge with his guitar.

拍照拍够了，我们就到隔壁的大圣母院等Sri下课。我们当然不是坐在那边斋等。我们是边走边等。在塞纳河畔， 冷冷的天气，幸好有1丝阳光。在桥上，1个街头艺人拿着吉他自弹自唱。





When Sri arrived at Notre Dame, she helped us to shoot this photo beside the river. From this photo, you can see another characteristic of Gothic building: Flying buttress. This is the south view of the Notre Dame, a famous spot for photo shooting.

当Sri来到大圣母院， 她帮我们在河边拍了这张美丽的照片。这张照片， 可以看到歌德式建筑物的另一大特色：飞扶壁。这是大圣母院的南部，很多大圣母院的照片都是从这个角度拍的。






Kilometer Zero of French national highway, right in front of the Notre Dame, and considered official center of the city of Paris. Kilometer Zero is a particular location (often in the nation's capital city), from which distances are traditionally measured. I saw many people standing on this Kilometer Zero and rotated themselves. I had no idea why they did so. Anybody could tell me?

这就是在大圣母院前面的地面上的Kilometer Zero。Kilometer Zero的意思就是1个中心点（通常坐落在首都），以前的距离都是从这个中心点量起。我看到很多人站在这个Kilometer Zero上面自转，我不明白是代表什么。谁知道？





We went into the cathedral. It was dark. We saw this brilliant chandelier.

我们走进教堂内， 里面暗暗地。我们看到了这个闪亮的烛台。





The following destination, of course, was the famous Pantheon, where the place for the great men to rest in peace.

下一站就是著名的万神殿。这里埋了很多名人。






In the Pantheron, I found the tomb of Voltaire， a French philosopher.

在万神殿内，真的有很多名人之墓。这就是著名的哲学家伏尔泰之墓。就是他，说了如此感性又性感的话：“世界上最远的距离，是我站在你面前可是你却不知道我爱你。”




This is the tomb of the famous scientist ~ Marie Curie. Still remember what we studied in our secondary school Physics? She was the lady who discovered 2 new elements: radium and polonium. She was honored with Nobel Prizes and and first female professor in University of Paris.

这就是伟大的科学家~ 玛丽居里。还记得中学的物理课吗？这名奇女子发现了2个化学新元素： 钋（Po）和镭（Ra）。她曾经拿过两次诺贝尔奖（1个是物理学奖，另1个是化学奖）。她也是巴黎大学第1个女教授。




This is the Foucault Pendulum named after the French physicist Léon Foucault, was conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth. Foucault made his most famous pendulum when he suspended a 28-kg bob with a 67-metre wire from the dome of the Panthéon in Paris. The plane of the pendulum's swing rotated clockwise 11° per hour, making a full circle in 32.7 hours. I felt touched. The great experiment apparatus was right in front of me!

这是Foucault Pendulum。当年， Foucault在万神殿的圆顶挂了个28公斤重， 长67尺的pendulum, 证明了地球会自转。地球的自转，绝对不是王力宏证明的 (好冷。。。）。这个pendulum每个小时会顺始终转11度， 32.7个小时就会转完1圈。看到这个玩意儿，我当时真的很想哭。这么伟大的实验，就在我眼前！




This is a street near the Pantheon.

这是万神殿附近的1条街道。





While we were on our way heading to Jardin du Luxembourg (the ending of the movie The Happening was shot in Jardin Luxembourg) , we saw GLASS (in French, GLASS is ice cream) again. 3 of us bought the glass and enjoy it.

在前往卢森堡公园(电影The Happening的结局就是在这里拍摄的）的路途，我们又看见冰淇淋。结果，我们3个人1面走路1面吃冰淇淋。




There we were. The Fountain Medicis in the Jardin du Luxembourg.

这就是卢森堡公园的 Medicis喷泉, 建于17世纪。






Sri told me that she always had her lunch in the garden because the distance from her university campus to the garden is just a stone throw away. There, I saw a lot of students lying and sleeping. There was a string quartets performance.


Sri说她时常在这个公园吃午餐，因为很靠近她的大学。那边有很多人懒洋洋地躺在地上。我还看见有string quartets在演奏。









Before we left the garden, I took this photo.

离开公园前，我拍下了这张照片。





We went back to the condo to take our luggage. I still remember, it was a rainy evening. When we walked out the condo, I saw Sri standing at the balcony, waving her hand to us. That moment, I could not differentiate whether the water on my face was the rain drops or my tears.

我们回到了公寓打包行李。我还记得，那是个下这毛毛雨的傍晚。当我和叶先生走出了公寓，我看见Sri在阳台和我挥手。在那当儿，我已经分不清在我脸上的是雨水还是泪水。



We took metro to go to the railway station. In the metro train, there was an aunty with her portable speaker. She sang karaoke in the train to earn money. The song that she sang was an italian song <> .We were leaving Paris, heading to railway station.

我们乘搭地铁到火车站。在地铁内，有个安娣带了她的轻便speaker, 唱起karaoke来！ 外国的地铁很多这种人用这种方式来讨生活。我还记得她唱的歌是意大利歌：《Besame Mocho》。我们就要离开巴黎了。

When we arrived at the railway station, we saw there was a big crowd. We felt a little bit nervous because after leaving Paris, there would be only two of us. Sri could not be there to help us if something happened in Rome.

当我们到达了火车站时，就看见了1大群人。我们觉得有些紧张，心情也是蛮沉重的。毕竟我们就快要离开巴黎了。没有了Sri, 如果在罗马发生了什么乱子就惨了。

This marked the end of our Paris trip and the start of our Rome trip. What would happen in Rome? To be continued.......

这是我们的巴黎之行的完结篇了。接下来，就是罗马之行的开始。在罗马发生了什么事？请待续。。。。。。


更多巴黎的游记。More about Paris:

法国巴黎（三）。 Paris France ( Part 3)
法国巴黎（二）。 Paris France ( Part 2)
法国巴黎（一）。 Paris France ( Part 1)
巴黎铁塔。Eiffel Tower
巴黎香奢丽榭街。Champs Elysee in Paris

法国巴黎( 三) 。 Paris France (Part 3)

Early in the morning of 14 May 2007, we waked up and went to the laundry shop nearby Eric's condo.

5月14日的早上，我们两个很早就起床了。我们把所有穿过的衣服都放进叶先生的背包， 拿去Eric公寓附近的洗衣店去洗。



Arrhhhh......Everything is in French. I could not comprehend the instructions in the laundry shop.

这洗衣店是自助式的。我从来都没有用过自助式的洗衣服务啦！每次去洗衣店都有人帮我洗的。鸡蛋糕，说明板上全都是法文，我全都看不懂。



What is A? What is B? What is C? Lavage 7KG means maximum load is 7KG?

什么是"A"？什么是 "B"？ 什么又是"C"？ Lavage 7KG的意思是最多洗7KG的衣吧？





I saw the word "1 paquet" therefore I made a wild guess it was " 1 pack". 1 pack of the powders cost 1 Euro. It was damn cheap but after I converted it to RM it was damn expensive.

这"1 paquet"，我猜想应该是“1包”的意思。1包洗衣粉卖1欧元。便宜到。。。。。。不过如果兑换成马币的话，就很贵了。




The most interesting part came. This is the centralize board. How to use? We both are engineers. Engineers are good in try and error method without reading manual. So, we just simply pressed whatever buttons that we thought correct.

最精彩的部分是：这里所有的机器都是由1个集中式的控制板来操作的。怎么用？我们两个都是工程师。工程师最厉害是什么？就是不用读manual, 直接试了！靠我们工程师的直觉去推断然后按钮。




After the washing machine started running, we went to a nearby coffeehouse to have our breakfast. We ordered coffee and sandwitch. Dipping the damn hard sandwitch into the coffee and sipping the hot coffee....Yummy......

当我们成功启动了洗衣机后，我们就道附近的1间咖啡屋吃早餐。我们点了咖啡和三文治。把僵硬的三文治沾了1点咖啡才吃，吸了1小口的浓郁咖啡。好香~



We went back to the laundry afterward. We took our clothes out from the washing machine and put into dryer. Again, we had problem with the centralized board. Luckily there was a friendly French Aunty taught us in English.

过后我们又回到那家自助洗衣店。我们把洗好了的衣服拿出来然后放进干衣机内。我们再次面对这个集中式控制板。幸好，有个友善的法国安娣用英文教我们如何操作那个控制板。



Then, we put all the clothes back to Mr Yap's bag. Quite heavy. Mr Yap, sorry ah......
跟着，我们把弄干了的衣服全都塞进叶先生的背包里。颇重的。叶先生，对不起啦。。。。。。


We took the metro to go to The Louvre museum. When the metro train arrived at The Louvre station, we went out from the train. According to the travel guide, this entrance could avoid the big crowd at the main entrance. Another thing need to take note: The Louvre close on every Tuesday.

我们乘搭Metro地下铁往卢浮宫的方向出发。我们在 “The Louvre"站下车。根据旅游指南，这个站有个进口可以直接进入卢浮宫，可以避开拥挤的卢浮宫大门。注：卢浮宫每个星期二没有开门。



When we entered The Louvre, the first thing that attracted us was the glass pyramid. Yes, that was the glass pyramid mentioned in Dan Brown's famous novel <>. Mr Yap was excited. The glass pyramid was a terbalik pyramid. The tip of the glass pyramid was pointing to the tip of the smaller pyramid on the ground. According to the novel, the Holly Gray was buried there. Do you see the "rainbow" on the floor? Prism could spread the light to 6 colours ~

当我们两个乡巴佬到了卢浮宫的入口处，就被眼前的玻璃倒金字塔。这就是著名作家蛋不烂在他的小说《达芬奇密码》里面提到的玻璃倒金字塔！这个倒金字塔的塔尖正指着在地上的小金字塔的塔尖。根据小说所写的，圣杯就被埋在这金字塔下面。姑且不论这圣杯是否真有其事， 这本小说最引人入胜的地方是作者把悬疑的故事情节和旅游胜地杰结合在1起。有看到地面上的彩虹吗？还记得以前中学时读过棱镜会把光折出彩虹。
　




Venus de Milo without arms.
没有了手臂的维纳斯女神像。






Wow, this is the sexy gladiator.
性感武士。





The Louvre is very big. It contains more than 380,000 objects and displays 35,000 works of art in eight curatorial departments. The Louvre is an almost rectangular structure, composed of the square Cour Carrée and two wings which wrap the Cour Napoléon to the north and south. In the heart of the complex is the Louvre Pyramid, above the visitor's center. The museum is roughly divided into three wings: the Sully Wing to the east, which contains the Cour Carrée and the oldest parts of the Louvre; the Richelieu Wing to the north; and the Denon Wing, which borders the Seine to the south. These are the 8 curatorial departments:

1) Near Eastern Antiquities
2)Egytian Antiquities
3) Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities
4)Islamic Art
5)Sculptures
6)Decorative Arts
7) Paintings
8) Prints and Drawings


卢浮宫本来是王宫，由法王菲力二世建于12世纪末。除了在卢浮宫中央的拿破仑庭院，其展览区域划分為：

• 黎塞留庭院（Richelieu Wing）：远东、近东、伊斯兰文物；雕塑；14世紀至17世紀的法国油画；德国、尼德兰和佛兰德斯油画；其他绘画和形象艺术。
• 苏利庭院（Sully Wing）：古埃及文物；近东文物；古希腊、伊特鲁里亚、古罗馬文物及雕塑。
• 德农庭院（Denon Wing）：古希腊、伊特鲁里亚、古罗馬雕塑；17世紀至19世紀的法国油画；意大利及西班牙油画。

I was at the center of the Louvre, underneath the glass pyramid located at the main entrance.

我就在卢浮宫的中央，玻璃金字塔下。





Found these statues in the sculptures deparment. They looks weird.

在雕塑馆，这些雕像乍看之下有点诡异。我还去扮他们。





The naked Hercules.

裸体的大力士。





This is Napoleon's apartment.

拿破仑的庭院。





I took this photo inside The Louvre through a window.

在游览古物时经过这扇玻璃窗，有窗口拍摄外面的景象。





Ahhhhhh!!!!Ma Ma Mi ya ! When I took this photo in the Egyptian Antiquities department, I really scared the mummy would suddenly wake up to scold me.

当在古埃及馆我拍这张照片时，真怕这木乃伊会跳起来骂我。这木乃伊的头发看起来好像是活人的头发那样。






Glamourous crown! I took this photo before I was acknowledged that tourists actually could not take photos here. Not every corner of The Louvre allows photo snapshop. For example: Digicams were not allowed in The Mona Lisa painting area and France Painting Gallery.

耀眼夺目的宝石王冠。我是在拍了这照片后才知道这里是不可以拍照的。卢浮宫不是每样东西都可以拍照的。我记得当时的蒙娜丽莎画和所有在法国画廊内的画都不准拍。





Too much antiques and paintings to be appreciated in The Louvre. We grabbed a copy of The Louvre map and the map indicated all the masterpieces in each departments. With the map, we selectively checked out the masterpieces that we were interested。

这里的文物真的太多了。我们在大堂拿了1份卢浮宫的地图， 地图上已经标明了卢浮宫的著名文物。所以，我们就只挑自己有兴趣看的文物来看。看完后，才在里面闲逛。酱紫就用了几粒钟了。



See, this is the main entrance of The Louvre. There was a big crowd of people queuing up to go into The Louvre。 Just after rained, the whether was cold enough.

看，这就是卢浮宫的主要入口处。1大群人在排队。刚下完雨，冷到。。。。。。






We took Metro and dropped by Notre Dame to have a glance. This is a signboard in the Metro station. In France, you must know this word: Sortie. It means "Exit".

我们乘搭地下铁到附近的大圣母院看看。这是地铁站的指示牌。在法国，一定要会这个字: Sortie， 也就是“出口”的意思。





This is the facade of the Notre Dame. Remember the novel < >? The background of this novel is Notre Dame. It was going to rain, therefore we went back Eric's condo.

这是大圣母院的前面。还记得《〈钟楼驼侠〉〉这部小说吗？ 那钟楼就是大圣母院了。当初就是因为这部小说，所以大圣母院才避免了被拆除的命运。下着毛毛雨，好像快要下大雨的样子，我们也赶快回Eric的公寓。




When we reached the condo, already about 4PM. After a while, Eric came back from his office. He drove us to go around Paris town again, after that we were heading to the famous Montmartre area. See, this is the landmark of Moulin Rough. In Montmartre area, I saw a lot of adult shops. Porn movies were on screen there. Sri and I felt excited and wanted to go into 1 of the shop but Eric and Mr Yap did not sound interested.

当我们回到公寓时，已经是下午4点多了。休息了1阵子，Eric也放工到家了。他换了件衣服，就载我们到巴黎市区游车河，跟着就到著名的Mont Mart区去。看，这就是红磨坊的地标。在Montmartre区，我们经过很多成人店，也有很多色情电影在上映。我和Sri本来想进去见识1下，可是Eric和叶先生不要去。






This is Sacre Coeur. A very special Roman Catholic basilica. The design of this basilica is absolutely impressive. I ever saw Sacre Coeur's photos when Sri visited Paris for her very first time and I fell in love with the special design of this building. The whether was cold enough to freeze my nose. That was the coldest weather that I ever felt for the past 26 years. We went into the basilica and there were people doing prayer. On top of us was a big dome, we could see a giant Jesus portrait with golden mozaic on it. Eric asked us not to take photo when people were praying. Therefore I did not snapshot the giant mozaic portrait.

这就是圣心堂了。圣心堂是罗马天主教堂，供奉着耶稣的圣心。这座教堂的设计真的很特别。我曾经看过Sri在这里拍过的照片，那时我就爱上了这座教堂。天气真的很冷，冷到我的鼻涕都在鼻子内凝结了。这是我活了26年觉得最冷的1次。我们进入了教堂，刚好有人在做祷告。在我们的头上就是大圆顶。圆顶上有个很大的耶稣画像，是由金碧辉煌的马赛克拼成的。Eric说我们最好不要在他们祷告的时候拍照以示尊敬。所以，我就没有把这个美丽的马赛克拍下。有点遗憾。。。。。。






After that, we also walk around Montmartre. The whether was too cold that we decided to go back condo earlier. This is 1 of the photo taken in Montmartre.

过后，我们就在Montmartre区走走。天气实在是太冷了，我们决定打道回府。这是在Montmartre拍的1张街照。


When we reached the condo, Eric became the chef. Yes, Sri bought some Escargots from supermarket and Eric cooked it for us. Delicious ~~~

回到公寓，Eric摇身一变， 成为咱们的d大厨师， 因为Sri下午从百货市场买了法国蜗牛。这蜗牛的用料应该有大蒜和牛油。味道还不错。



After Escargot dinner, we watched TV together. Aha, the TV program was about a lady went for plastic surgery for her boops. Initially her boyfriend did not agree but after the surgery he felt happy with the result. The lady showed her boop in the TV~Here you can see how open minded they are.

吃了蜗牛晚餐，我们1起看电视。电视正播着真人秀：有个女人不顾男友的反对去做了隆胸手术。隆胸后，男友1反常态觉得很满意很开心。这女人在真人秀里还脱掉上衣让大家看她那对隆胸后的巨无霸。这里的电视节目真够开放。Eric的样子好像见惯不怪了。我们这两个从Boleh国来得乡巴佬就打开眼界。

To be continued in Paris France (Part 4), the last post about Paris......

待续法国巴黎（四）之完结篇。


更多巴黎的游记。More about Paris:

法国巴黎（二）。 Paris France ( Part 2)
法国巴黎（一）。 Paris France ( Part 1)
巴黎铁塔。Eiffel Tower
巴黎香奢丽榭街。Champs Elysee in Paris

巴黎铁塔 。 Eiffel Tower

这就是在Eiffel Tower拍的1个短片。在我的法国巴黎（二）有提到。
我把我和叶先生的对白mute掉了， 因为听起来很奇怪，有点白痴，哈哈。







要看短片，请点击这里。
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法国巴黎（二）。Paris France (Part 2)

The next morning (13 May 2007 Paris date), 4 of us had breakfast together. Eric made coffee and tea for us. Mr Yap almost finished all the cookies.

第二天一早，4条友就起床了。Eric泡了咖啡和茶。大吃鬼叶先生有几乎把人家的cookies干到完。



After that, Sri guided us to The Garnier opera house (Palais Garnier). This is the background of the story of "Phantum of Opera". We took metro. Eh, you know, in Paris, their metro service is so complete and the charge is reasonable. Only about Euro1.4 per zone (that means you could transit as many time as you can, as long as still within the same zone). Compared to our LRT here, I was speechless that time......My Shanghai friend Crystal ever complaint to me,"Why your LRT system is so sucks ya? Why half way cannot transit further ya?" You see, how LAO YA our LRT system is.

过 后，Sri带我们搭地铁去歌剧院。那里是夜半歌声的故事背景。巴黎的地铁网络够广，而且收费合理。欧币1.4 就能无限量转车，只要在同一区的话。跟我们KL/PJ的LRT比，差天差地liao！我的上海同事跟我讲过：“你们的LRT怎么那么差的鸭？！会突然间转 不到车的鸭。。。” 你看，我们几捞鸭？




This is the grand foyer of the Garnier opera house. When the handsome Parisian tour guide of the opera house was telling the stories about the meaning of each and every decoration in the hall, I snapshot this photo. This photo looks like a postcard.

多么美轮美奂的大堂。那些吊着的不是蜡烛，是灯泡。当那个靓仔巴黎导游正在讲解这大堂的独特设计时，我拍下了这张照片。很有postcard的感觉。



Saw this interesting sculpture.

雕像: 看什么看？没看过靓仔啊？



Every single staircase at the back has its unique shape and design.

每个阶梯的设计都是独一无二的。这里真的很豪华。



Went back to the condo. Eric fetched us to Versailles, to check out this luxury palace. Eric is very good in history. He could tell us a lot of ancient stories with the date provided. Wow, talented young lawyer! We witnessed how a genuine Parisian park his car. You know, their parking skill is unbelievable! Such a small space, Eric managed to park his car in! You know, when Parisian park their car, they will not pull their hand brake, so that when other people park car, they can slightly knock the cars in front and behind, as an indication that the car already successfully been parked in ngam ngam. Their car bumpers all have scratched scars. If you think your parking skill is superb, then I think you really need to test your parking skill in Paris before you said you are good in parking, haha!

回到公寓，Eric载我们到凡尔赛宫，看看古代的法国皇帝有几巴闭。Eric很厉害，竟然记得 那么多历史故事，而且连年份都记得。不愧为年轻有为的律师。我们也见识了巴黎人的泊车技术。Eric的车轻轻地动到了前面和后面的车，他说：“刚刚好！” 我望一望后面的车，是Merz 跑车。巴黎人泊车后都不拉hand brake，那么就可以被人家轻轻地撞一下。他们的车前车后，都会有被轻撞刮花的痕迹。如果你认为自己的泊车技术很厉害，先别骄傲。等你能够在巴黎把车子泊好的事后，才来骄傲吧！

This is Versailles. 这就是凡尔赛宫。



Luxury King Bed. Not King size bed, it's King Bed.

什么叫高床暖枕？ 这是路易斯的龙床。



Why those people like to paint on the ceiling? If you go Europe, must bring along a mirror, so that you can see the painting on the ceiling without hurting your neck.

古代的人很喜欢把画画在上面。如果去欧洲旅行，1定要记得带1面镜子去，方便看上面的画。我就是没有带镜子，所以脖子就快要断了。



Coming back from Versailles, we past by Eiffel Tower again. Mr Yap and I decided to drop there again, while Eric & Sri went back to the condo. The ride going up to the tip of the tower was Euro10 per person. At the tip of the tower, I can see the whole view of Paris city. A well developed city, but not destroying all the historical buildings. The cold strong wind was blowing. I was shivering.

从凡尔赛宫回公寓的路途，我们又经过铁塔。昨天 叶先生和我没有上到铁塔上面，有点不甘心，所以我们两个瓜就叫放我们在这里，他们先回去公寓。我们乘电梯上去塔峰，一个人欧币10块。在铁塔的顶端，整个 巴黎市尽收眼帘下。这么先进的城市，竟然保留了酱多的古迹，哪里像我们酱，百多年的印度庙都被拆掉。那些鸡蛋糕笨蛋难道不知道古迹可以赚钱吗？刺骨的风吹 得我全身麻痹。讲话都发抖。





Summer season, the day time was longer than night time. 7PM there, the sky still looked like afternoon in Malaysia.

正逢夏天，所以晚上7点了可是感觉上好象只有马来西亚的下午那样。



Went down from the tower. Gru gru gru......We could heard our stomach making noise. We bought french fries and coffee, had it right underneath the tower.

从塔峰下来后，肚子咕鲁咕鲁响了。买了薯条和咖啡，就坐在铁塔下吃。

9PM, the light on the tower had on, but the sky still not turned dark fully.

晚上9点了，铁塔亮灯，可是天空依旧没有暗下来。

The romance sense was in the air. A lot of couples were having french kiss in front of the tower. Mr Yap and I were not an excetion. We felt so happy and sweet at that moment.

四周洋溢着浪漫的气氛。热情的情侣们都情不自禁的来个法式热吻。我和叶先生，也都。。。。。。我们当时的心情，何止浪漫酱简单？

10PM, the tower started blinking, for 10 minutes. Since year 2000, every night starting from 10PM the tower will blink. Every subsequent hour will blink for 10 minutes until the last blink for 2AM. (I am not sure, am I correct, Sri?).We recorded some videos there. However, I could not edit the videos in office now. I will upload it from my house later, if I am free to do so......

晚上10点，铁塔开始闪烁，持续15分钟。自2000年，巴黎市每晚九点开始，每隔一小时（如果没记错的话）都会闪烁，凌晨2点是最后一次。 我们把这个美丽的闪烁录了下来。现在公司的电脑不能edit video， 迟些如果得空的话，会从家里upload上来。

When we were on the way going back to the condo, we past by a McD. Just bought a burger, Euro1.90 only. So cheap (Do not think about the currency la......Parisian earn about the same as Malaysian but their living cost is not that high).

回公寓的路途，我们经过McD。买了个汗宝宝， 才欧币1.90，便宜。不要想货币兑换率啦！人家法国人的新水也是几千快，可是人家用块9钱就能到一粒汗宝宝，一片正版CD才16块钱。难怪马来西亚翻版那么猖狂。。。。。。

To be continued France Paris (Part 3)......

待续法国巴黎（三）。。。。。。

France Paris (Part 1) is here.

法国巴黎（一）在这里。

巴黎香奢丽榭街 。Champs Elysee in Paris

This is 1 of the video taken in Champ Elysee street in Paris, the famous shopping street. I mentioned about this street in my previous post Paris France (Part 1).

这是我在巴黎著名的购物街 -〉香奢丽榭街 拍的其中1个短片。之前在我的法国巴黎（一）篇有提到这街道，不过那时没有把短片放上来。






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法国巴黎（一）。 Paris France (Part 1)

Remark: Initially I plan to write this in Mandarin but considering that some of my good friends (Hey Sri and grace, this english version is esclusively for you only!) could not read mandarin, so I add in the english version in the same page. I still remain the mandarin version because some of my friends prefer to read my mandarin articles :P


1 year ago (12 May 2007), Mr Yap and I had our first Europe Tour in our life. That Europe Tour was a result of a 1-month-intensive-preparation. We bought a lot of travel guides (DK series). I was in charged of planning the route while he was in charged of booking the flight tickets from internet, buying the Euro Train tickets and also exchanged the Euro banknote. 1 month before the tour, we hunted 2 backpacker bags, a 2GB Sony Memory Stick, a compass and some stuff that Sri asked me to bring over to Paris for her.

一年前（2007年5月12日），叶先生和我展开了我们梦寐以求的欧洲游。那是经过一个月密集筹备而行的。 我们买了很多旅游指南，我负责策划行程。他负责上网订机票，买欧洲火车票，换欧币。我们也买了两个backpacker背包，2GB的Sony Memory Stick，指南针及Sri 叫我帮她带过去Paris的日用品。



We took the red eye to Dubai airport. From the airplane, I could see Dubai is a city surrounded by sands. While waiting for the transit plane to Paris, I log on to MSN and chatted with Deniz (He was my colleague).

我们搭午夜的飞机到Dubai机场转机。飞机上看到的Dubai，是一片黄沙滚滚。在Dubai的机场，我还上MSN 跟 Deniz（我的同事）聊天。

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When the plane was about to landing, from the sky, I saw a well-planned blue print. My heart was beating so fast as the plane got closer to the airport. Our first step to the Europe, on the land of Paris, the most developed city in Europe.

飞机将要降路巴黎时，我从空中看到了规划完美的蓝图。我们兴奋地踏入法国的土地，这是我门进入欧洲的第一步。

Paris airport is not as grand as KLCC. The pegawai kastam there was really ching chai. Mr Yap's passport did not has clear stamped mark (or I could say, totally not stamped). For mine, the stamp mark is clearer compared to his, but still blur. We found this when we were in Eric's car, on the way heading to the Paris city.

法国的机场比KLCC简陋。关卡的官员真的够随便。叶先生的护照根本没有被stamp的痕迹，而我的护照只是若隐若现看到stamp的痕迹。我们是在离开机场时才发现的。

Sri and her Parisian bf purposely drove from Paris city to this outskirt airport to pick us up. When they saw us, the first thing they did was: Giving us an opened arm hugging and friendly kisses on your cheeks. Wow~My dear Sri acted like Mat Salleh then. Without hesitation, Mr Yap and I also replied them the same manner. Eh, masuk kandang kambing mengemek (mengemek ke membebek?). Sri was the first friend I know when I started my first job in Onsemi. End of year 2006, she flied to Paris to futher study in Energy Engineering (Master Degree). Hey, I salute her, because she gotta learn French. People there use French for thesis.

开心的一刻来临了。Sri和她的法国男友Eric开车到机场迎接我们。他们二话不说，先对我们两个来个热情拥抱和亲亲我们的脸颊。Sri是我毕业后在认识的第一个朋友。她在2006年尾就飞到Paris读硕士。佩服她，因为法国硕士班得用法文。



We opened the car windows when we were in the car. According to Eric and Sri, France car does not have air cond as standard spec. Other than summer, all the time the weather is cold enough.

一路上，我们把车窗都开着。据Eric说，法国车都没有冷气，因为除了夏天，其他时候都不需要冷气。

All along the journey, we felt excited. This is because we are heading to the direction of the romantic landmark : Eiffel Tower.

心情，依旧是雀跃地，因为我们正向着浪漫地指标去朝圣：巴黎铁塔(Eiffel Tower)。

Before reached the Eiffel Tower, we saw the statue of liberty. As far as I know, France sent statue of liberty to US as gift, while France itself does have its own statue of liberty. The status was standing on the sea (I am not sure whether that was a sea or river, need to double check with Sri).

到达巴黎铁塔前，我们还看见自由女神。据说当年法国送了个自由女神给美国，法国自己也有一个。

Eric brought us going around the Paris city with his nice 2-doors-car, so that we could roughly know where the tourists hotspots were. We past by Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triumph, Champ Elysee (the famous shopping street with all the grand brands), Siene River, Concierge......Their condo was just near the Eiffel Tower. So, we went to their condo to put our luggage. After that, Sri guided us walking to Eiffel Tower.

Eric先带我们绕一绕巴黎市，大约让我们知道一些旅游Hotspots。一路上经过凯旋门，Champ Elysee, 塞纳 河，Concierge。。。他们的公寓就在铁塔附近。我们放下背包后，Sri 就带我们走去铁塔。

Wow, in front of me, was a great piece of grass field. A lot of people lying on the field, relaxing......At the end of the field, is the Eiffel Tower. I told myself, " Finally, I am here, right in front of Eiffel Tower. I never think that 1 day I could be here, with my darling Mr Yap."

哇！一片绿油油的青草地。许多鬼佬或躺或坐在草地上，酱悠闲。草地的尽头，就是巴黎铁塔。我做么酱感动的。。。。。。我告诉自己：终于，我在这里liao，就在巴黎铁塔前面。从不敢妄想的事情，就在我眼前，和我亲爱的叶先生。

Sri and me.

In such a cold weather, 3 of us bought GLASS (in France, they call ice-cream as GLASS). Yummy~~~

冷到半死，我们3条友，还敢敢买了3支Glass (在法国，雪糕叫Glass)，好吃到。。。。。。

Arc de Triumph, is inside a big roundabout. I heard my ex colleague said that this is the largest roundabout in the world (I am not sure how true is that) and insurance companies do not cover any accidents happened here (This is what I heard from my ex-colleague King Fong).

凯旋门，就在一个大交通圈内。听说这是世界最大的交通圈，保险公司不保这里。

Walked straight down from Arc de Triumph, we arrived at the most happening street: Champs Elysee. Wow you could find all the grand brands here for example: Louis Vitton. We did not take photos here, but we shot videos. The videos are not available on internet now. If I am free later I may resize those videos and upload to internet. Only if I am free to do so......

凯旋门直走下去就是著名的名牌街：香奢丽榭街 (Champs Elysee)。Wow, you could find all the grand brands here for example : Loius Vitton。没有在这里拍照，只录了些video。如果得空的话，会考虑把那些video resize 然后upload上来。如果真的酱得空的话。。。。。。

Tomb of unknown soldier at Arc de Triump.

在凯旋门内有个无名战士之墓

Near the Arc De Triumph, there is Hotel Invalides, where Napoleon I tomb located. Too bad, we did not have enough time to go inside for a visit.

凯旋门附近就是Hotel de. Napoleon I 之墓就在这里，可是我们没时间进去参观。希望以后有机会去参观。

After that, we walked back to the condo. That night, Sri was the great chef for both of us. She cooked Nasi Briyani. Aha, Mr Yap almost finished all the nasi, so tasty ma......

过后，我们一起回公寓。Sri 当大厨，煮了家乡好菜：Nasi Briyani。叶先生吃了很多，很捧Sri 的场。




Eric's condo is studio-style. We slept on her sofa-bed. We felt warm and comfortable in her condo.

Eric的公寓是工作室风格。我们睡在sofa-bed，觉得温暖又舒服。



To be continued in Paris France (Part 2)......

待续法国巴黎（二）。。。。。。