Tuesday, December 02, 2014
Paris & London 2014 (Day 4)
And so, today is the designated Louvre day.
Yes, I do want to go to the Louvre. Be underneath the Pyramids, so to speak. So we got ourselves to the metro station next to the Louvre in the late morning and we wandered around the outside areas (which are free!) for quite a while to spam photos.
Like everyone says, the Louvre is really huge and contains many artifacts. I cannot even begin to imagine how they got so many items, but I suppose that is through years of collection, plenty of hardwork or maybe a little plundering back in the day.
The entrance ticket to the Louvre Museum costs 12 Euros, but if you really like museums, you should probably get a museum pass which is a pass for a set number of days but unlimited access to 60 locations. 2 day pass for 42 Euros, 4 day pass for 56 Euros and 6 days pass for 69 Euros.
The Louvre is really sprawling and... alot of people do go for La Joconde (The Mona Lisa). Her eyes really do track you around whereever you go. Kinda creepy. so many people there taking selfies with her!
I should think that if one were to take in everything, you should need a couple of days. Maybe can squeeze into one day if you start really early. You can also choose to go one Wednesdays and Fridays because the Museum closes late at around 2130hr on those days. Extra hours for you to walk! The Louvre is closed on Tuesdays.
After the Louvre, we hopped over to a restaurant that was a recommendation to my friend. It's this place called the Bouillon Chartier, accessible by Grands Boulevard Metro. The food is pretty good and prices decent. The waitor that was attending to our table was also rather efficient. If any tells you dining in France is slow, it is definitely not so here.
The restaurant was rather large and sits alot of people. The waitstaff are just constantly running around, but service is still quite good. Kudos to them! Just be prepared to squeeze with someone else at the table if they assign it.
For starters, I had eggs with mayonnaise. It was really quite good. For main course, I had roasted Pork with baby potatoes. the baby potatoes were nice but the pork could be a bit better. Then again, it's not easy making roasted pork.
My friends had escargot, Steak, roasted duck (1 friend had both the steak AND roasted duck) and a prune dessert. They were just simply beaming with pleasure at the good food. Even the pepsi tasted better here. Maybe it was drugged.
After dinner, we popped over to Gare du Nord to get our Eurostar tickets and we are ready to move on to London!
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Yes, I do want to go to the Louvre. Be underneath the Pyramids, so to speak. So we got ourselves to the metro station next to the Louvre in the late morning and we wandered around the outside areas (which are free!) for quite a while to spam photos.
The entrance ticket to the Louvre Museum costs 12 Euros, but if you really like museums, you should probably get a museum pass which is a pass for a set number of days but unlimited access to 60 locations. 2 day pass for 42 Euros, 4 day pass for 56 Euros and 6 days pass for 69 Euros.
The Louvre is really sprawling and... alot of people do go for La Joconde (The Mona Lisa). Her eyes really do track you around whereever you go. Kinda creepy. so many people there taking selfies with her!
I should think that if one were to take in everything, you should need a couple of days. Maybe can squeeze into one day if you start really early. You can also choose to go one Wednesdays and Fridays because the Museum closes late at around 2130hr on those days. Extra hours for you to walk! The Louvre is closed on Tuesdays.
After the Louvre, we hopped over to a restaurant that was a recommendation to my friend. It's this place called the Bouillon Chartier, accessible by Grands Boulevard Metro. The food is pretty good and prices decent. The waitor that was attending to our table was also rather efficient. If any tells you dining in France is slow, it is definitely not so here.
The restaurant was rather large and sits alot of people. The waitstaff are just constantly running around, but service is still quite good. Kudos to them! Just be prepared to squeeze with someone else at the table if they assign it.
For starters, I had eggs with mayonnaise. It was really quite good. For main course, I had roasted Pork with baby potatoes. the baby potatoes were nice but the pork could be a bit better. Then again, it's not easy making roasted pork.
My friends had escargot, Steak, roasted duck (1 friend had both the steak AND roasted duck) and a prune dessert. They were just simply beaming with pleasure at the good food. Even the pepsi tasted better here. Maybe it was drugged.
After dinner, we popped over to Gare du Nord to get our Eurostar tickets and we are ready to move on to London!
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