At about noon, he was feeling better and off to Ile de la Cite we go!!! On this small island, it boasts 2 beautiful churches, the Sainte Chapelle and the Notre-Dame. We decided to go see the Sainte Chapelle first but upon reaching the entrance, there was this queue. This was queer as there is usually no queues for churches one, museues maybe but not churches, there aren't that many devoted Catholics around lah. So I made Darth Binky read the sign to find out what's the big idea man. It turned out that there was some sort of filming inside and the church would be opened again after 2.15pm.
So we figured that we might as well turn the 20 min wait into a nice stop at the cafe for their famous French onion soup. Those who know Darth Binky should now be raising your eyebrow at the idea of Darth Binky and onion right? No lah, he's already sick, would I do this to him? Hee... So I had the onion soup and he had fish soup. Trust me, the french soup is indeed their speciality... :)
After the meal, the queue looked drastically shorter and so we paid 22 euros for our 2 soups and 2 hot drinks and left for Sainte Chapelle again. :) There, we realised that the queue only LOOKED shorter because the queue has gone around THE OTHER END!!!!!!!!!!!!! So we decided that we will just go to Notre-Dame instead.
I only just realised that the name Notre-Dame means Our Lady in English!! Cool...didn't know that...heh. Notre-Dame church was nice but it lacked that holy-serene-feel to it as there were SO MANY people walking around. The other churches I felt were nicer in this aspect. We took the stairs to the top of the bell tower and there were 525 steps! We didn't know there were so many steps but it's kinda a trip of no return as the stair-well was so narrow, you can only go one direction!! I panted like a horse when I got up there but couldn't draw deep breathes as the air was blinkingly cold lor! The view was very worth it tho... :)
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I know that I am beginning to sound like a broken record but dang! I am so freaking envious!
I wd have died happily over the meals!!! Scallops and mussels and seafood!!!!
I also WAAAAANNNTTT to go to PAAAARRRIIISSSS!!!!
hullo.. hope darth blinky's better now.. :) if you guys bought travel insurance before the trip, can claim the medical expenses when you back k.. :)
anyway, have you been to the Basilica of Sacré Coeur?
err.. tis church of the sacred heart if i am not wrong.. tis very nice also with a spectacular view.. can take a rail-like thingy up to the top or just trudge there.. o ya.. that's also where i got the cross for your door.. :)
and hor.. and hor.. got shopping opportunities there as tis very near montmartre.. :)
as tis an artsy quaint little village place.. you can also get someone to draw a caricature of you! :)
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