On Monday, 1 June 2009, which was our first full-day in Paris, still recovering from jet-lag, we took our time in the morning to walk through A Kide's residence at Châtenay-Malabry.
Late morning, we had A Kide's driver, om Join, to take us to the most popular tourist attraction in Paris: the Eiffel tower. We needed to queue for about 1.5 hours to buy the tickets before we can climb the tower. We bought the tickets which can bring us up to the top floor. The price is €13 for adult, and €7.50 for child.
Note that they only sell tickets to walk-in customers, and the tickets can only be used on the same day they are purchased. I checked their website that found out that they are planning to provide online reservation services for all visitors, but that would only be available end of this year.
We took the lift directly to the second floor, skipping the first floor. We immediately circling the area and take pictures to all the different directions. One of our favourite directions for viewing from the Eiffel tower is the north-west view, towards Pont d'Iena bridge and Palais de Chaillot at Trocadero, with the tall buildings of Paris' business district, La Defense (pronounced "la difong") in the background.
Another of our favourite direction is the south-east, which will give the view towards the Champ-de-Mars park and Ecole Militaire building, with the ugly Montparnasse Tower in the background. South-west direction will give the view towards the Seine river, with RER train tracks crossing across the river, while north-east direction will give the view towards the north area of Paris, with the Taj-Mahal-alike building of Basilica Sacre-Couer visible on top of the Montmartre hill.
We then took the lift up to the top (third) floor, and the view is even more amazing from higher level. It's also a bit windy up there, so we decided not to spend too much time there and went back to second floor. After had some snacks on the second floor, we descended back to the ground floor, in time to see some kind of procession parade passing through the road just in front of the tower.
We then further descended to the riverside under the Pont d'Iena bridge, for us to take the Bateaux Parisiens boat cruise tour along the Seine river. This includes automated commentary through headsets which are available on each seat. The price is quite cheap, €11 for adult and €5 for child.
We purchased the tickets and boarded the boat from pier number 3 along the number of piers just in front of Eiffel tower. The boat took us to the east direction from Eiffel tower all the way to the islands of Ile de la Cite and Ile Saint-Louis and back, passing under many bridges along the way: Pont de l'Alma, Pont Alexandre III and Pont Neuf, among others.
Unfortunately, the boat is not air-conditioned and with most of the boat's structure made of glass, it was becoming so hot in the afternoon. When we disembarked from the boat, we felt very tired, and with the jet-lag still taking effect (it was already night time in Singapore at that time even though it was still evening local Paris time), we decided to end our adventure for the day, and went back home to a Kide's residence.
Late morning, we had A Kide's driver, om Join, to take us to the most popular tourist attraction in Paris: the Eiffel tower. We needed to queue for about 1.5 hours to buy the tickets before we can climb the tower. We bought the tickets which can bring us up to the top floor. The price is €13 for adult, and €7.50 for child.
Note that they only sell tickets to walk-in customers, and the tickets can only be used on the same day they are purchased. I checked their website that found out that they are planning to provide online reservation services for all visitors, but that would only be available end of this year.
We took the lift directly to the second floor, skipping the first floor. We immediately circling the area and take pictures to all the different directions. One of our favourite directions for viewing from the Eiffel tower is the north-west view, towards Pont d'Iena bridge and Palais de Chaillot at Trocadero, with the tall buildings of Paris' business district, La Defense (pronounced "la difong") in the background.
Another of our favourite direction is the south-east, which will give the view towards the Champ-de-Mars park and Ecole Militaire building, with the ugly Montparnasse Tower in the background. South-west direction will give the view towards the Seine river, with RER train tracks crossing across the river, while north-east direction will give the view towards the north area of Paris, with the Taj-Mahal-alike building of Basilica Sacre-Couer visible on top of the Montmartre hill.
We then took the lift up to the top (third) floor, and the view is even more amazing from higher level. It's also a bit windy up there, so we decided not to spend too much time there and went back to second floor. After had some snacks on the second floor, we descended back to the ground floor, in time to see some kind of procession parade passing through the road just in front of the tower.
We then further descended to the riverside under the Pont d'Iena bridge, for us to take the Bateaux Parisiens boat cruise tour along the Seine river. This includes automated commentary through headsets which are available on each seat. The price is quite cheap, €11 for adult and €5 for child.
We purchased the tickets and boarded the boat from pier number 3 along the number of piers just in front of Eiffel tower. The boat took us to the east direction from Eiffel tower all the way to the islands of Ile de la Cite and Ile Saint-Louis and back, passing under many bridges along the way: Pont de l'Alma, Pont Alexandre III and Pont Neuf, among others.
Unfortunately, the boat is not air-conditioned and with most of the boat's structure made of glass, it was becoming so hot in the afternoon. When we disembarked from the boat, we felt very tired, and with the jet-lag still taking effect (it was already night time in Singapore at that time even though it was still evening local Paris time), we decided to end our adventure for the day, and went back home to a Kide's residence.
1000 - Morning walk around Chatenay-Malabry.jpg
1050 - Ave Jean Jaures, the narrow road leading to a Kide's residence.jpg
1060 - A quiet neighbourhood, south of Paris.JPG
1065 - Chatenay-Malabry, south of Paris.JPG
1070 - Signages.JPG
1075 - Bicycle and jogging track route.JPG
1080 - With my mother and Inka, photo taken by Irza.JPG
1100 - In front of a Kide and mbak Enik's residence.jpg
1200 - On the way to Eiffel tower.JPG
1205 - One of the bridges over the Seine river.JPG
1210 - Mini liberty tower near Eiffel.JPG
1295 - Mama, Inka, Enek and Irza.JPG
1300 - Queueing to go up the Eiffel tower.JPG
1310 - With Inka, below the Eiffel tower.JPG
1315 - So many people queueing.JPG
1320 - Ticket counters.JPG
1325 - Below the Eiffel tower.JPG
1330 - Inka and Irza.JPG
1335 - In front of the Gustave Eiffel monument.JPG
1500 - Second floor of Eiffel tower.JPG
1505 - Southwest view from Eiffel towards Seine river.JPG
1510 - Inka at second floor of Eiffel tower.JPG
1515 - Enek and Inka.JPG
1520 - Southeast view towards Champ-de-Mars and Ecole Militaire, with ugly Montparnasse tower in the
1525 - Enek and Eiffel's southeast view.JPG
1530 - Mama and Eiffel's southeast view.JPG
1535 - With my lovely wife.JPG
1540 - North view from Eiffel.JPG
1545 - Paris buildings seen from Eiffel tower.JPG
1550 - Our family at the second floor of Eiffel.JPG
1555 - Inka and Mama, view facing northeast.JPG
1560 - Inka, Mama and Enek.JPG
1565 - Inka climbing.JPG
1570 - Northwest view towards Pont d'Iena and Palais de Chaillot - Trocadero.JPG
1575 - Northwest view towards Palais de Chaillot - Trocadero and La Defense.JPG
1580 - Inka and Mama, view to La Defense.JPG
1585 - View from the lift taking us to the top floor.JPG
1587 - View over Seine river from the top floor.JPG
1588 - Admiring the view from the top floor.JPG
1590 - View over Palais de Chaillot from the top floor.JPG
1595 - Very cold and windy at the top.JPG
1600 - View to La Defense from the top floor.JPG
1605 - Going back to second floor, too windy on top.JPG
1610 - Mama and Inka.JPG
1615 - Enek, Inka and view to La Defense.JPG
1620 - Mama and view to Seine river.JPG
1625 - Some kind of procession passing through Pont d'Iena.JPG
1630 - Inka.JPG
1635 - Irza.JPG
1640 - Many people attending the procession.JPG
1645 - Souvenirs from Eiffel tower.JPG
1650 - The procession still passing through behind.JPG
1655 - In front of a carrousel near Eiffel tower.JPG
1660 - Eiffel tower.JPG
1665 - Inka at Pont d'Iena.JPG
1670 - Overlooking the Seine river.JPG
1675 - Below Pont d'Iena.JPG
1680 - The charges for Batobus river bus day pass.JPG
1685 - Bateaux Parisiens tour boat.JPG
1690 - Another similar boat passing by.JPG
1695 - Another different type of boat cruising the Seine river.JPG
1698 - Enek enjoying the cruise.JPG
1700 - Irza taking pictures from the boat.JPG
1705 - Bateaux Mouches, another boat tour company, competitor to Bateaux Parisiens.JPG
1708 - Another tour boat.JPG
1710 - Pont des Invalides.JPG
1720 - Pont Alexandre III.JPG
1725 - One of the pillars on Pont Alexandre III.JPG
1730 - Us.JPG
1735 - Irza, still busy taking pictures.JPG
1740 - Musee du Louvre.JPG
1745 - Square du Vert-Galant.JPG
1750 - The Prefecture de Police.JPG
1755 - Notre-Dame cathedral seen from the boat.JPG
1760 - Another view of the cathedral from the boat.JPG
1765 - Inka on board.JPG
1770 - Musee d'Orsay.JPG
1775 - Palais de la Legion d'Honneur.JPG
1780 - Assemblee Nationale Palais-Bourbon.JPG
1785 - Pont des Invalides.JPG
1790 - Mama and the Eiffel tower.JPG
1795 - Inka and Eiffel tower.JPG
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