Amour De Paris Day 7 (13 May)

So glad to have finished another post on Paris :)

Here is day 7 when we had our first taste of what a french cheese steamboat is

Amour De Paris

Day 7 (13 May)

Everyone needs breakfast to start a good day.

Dim sum anyone?

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Started our journey with Jardins du Luxembourg

The Jardin du Luxembourg is the largest public park (224,500 m² (22.5 hectares) located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. The park is the garden of the French Senate, which is itself housed in the Luxembourg Palace.

A pretty greenery with good fresh air to start off with...but its alittle more cold today or was it here.

I was shivering abit and body refused to take much pics..

But it is really relaxing here.

That was even a small area where it used to be a school of keeping bees.

So we gotta be extra careful when walking around there.

The stretch outside featuring selected photography

Out of curiousity, we requested to pop in to have lunch at Quality Burger.

Wondering if its better than Mac.

Well taste was pretty so so.
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Pardon but i cant remember location of below pics again...

But I love this side stretch of houses....





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Spotted Volvo taxi here and it is S60.

And i didnt see it so commonly around there.





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Walking towards direction of Notre Dame

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French really loves Nutella and crepe. Even the cousins cant resist...

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Stopped for some crepe to go along, their recommendation was Nutella & banana.




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Oh yes what you think....Its yummy !

Warm and soft with strong nutella aroma. The combi is really good.

Serving is generous too.

Below is a picture of NOTRE DAME

extracted from google search


Here is the real Notre Dame taken by us

It was super crowded on this day :(

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NOTRE DAME DE PARIS

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Notre Dame de Paris (French for Our Lady of Paris), also known as Notre Dame Cathedral, is a Gothic, Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. It is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris: that is, it is the church that contains the cathedra (official chair), of the Archbishop of Paris, currently André Vingt-Trois. Notre Dame de Paris is widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture in France and in Europe. It was restored and saved from destruction by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, one of France's most famous architects. The name Notre Dame means "Our Lady" in French, and is frequently used in the names of Catholic church buildings in Francophone countries. Notre Dame de Paris was one of the first Gothic cathedrals, and its construction spanned the Gothic period. Its sculptures and stained glass show the heavy influence of naturalism, unlike that of earlier Romanesque architecture.

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The cathedral suffered desecration during the radical phase of the French Revolution in the 1790s, when much of its religious imagery was damaged or destroyed. During the 19th century, an extensive restoration project was completed, returning the cathedral to its previous state.

Below are 3 of the main reasons that make today's Notre Dame so well known and popular.

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(Above pic) -- Notre-Dame is CENTER OF FRANCE

In 1768, geographers decided that all distances in France would be measured from Notre-Dame. One hundred and seventy-six years later, when Paris was liberated during World War II, General de Gaulle rushed to the cathedral after his return, to pray in thanksgiving. In many ways, Notre-Dame was and still is the center of France.

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame is the English title of Notre Dame de Paris (1831; Eng. trans., 1831), Victor Hugo's greatest historical romance, which set the fashion for fictional explorations of the past that characterized French romanticism.

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In 1430: Henri VI of England is crowned. Mary Stuart becomes Queen of France after her marriage to François II, and is crowned in Notre-Dame.

(You will often see below picture around in France and in Loruve Palace/Museum.)

As there was such a long Q at the entrance of Notre Dame, we took the EXIT in when we spotted no guard there ahhaaa..

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Lets take a look in there...its huge wor...






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Below : in the Notre Dame cathedral. "The Crown of Light or Great Chandelier of the transept crossing".

How Notre-Dame was bulit





Moving on




alittle shopping time

Finally we are in another spot that we wanted to visit:

Centre national d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou

- Beaubourg Museum

The Centre Pompidou, called as well Beaubourg, was born in February 1977 to focus on all forms of modern and contemporary creation: sculpture, painting, books, cinema, video, performances, music, etc.

http://www.centrepompidou.fr/

The air you breath is art here hee...




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Next stop...

We are gtg to Fong's place for dinner tonight

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Cheese steamboat hre we come...!

This is another type of train that we board for the first time.

Rail to sub-urban probably..

Fong's lovely baby girl again....she is simply cute & pretty...

Looks her mummy.

Another lovely cosy apartment...

They spent so much effort on every little thing here.

Oh yes i love the coffee cum dinner table!

Raise up to become even for 10 seaters...wow

Great for small space.

The items for cheese steamboats: cooked potatoes, slice cheese, various kinds of ham, salads etc.. (They even got sashimi salmon for us thinking we might want fish :) )

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1st - melt your cheese in the heater device with the little spade like tray

2nd - pour it onto your ham or peeled potato on plate

3rd : ready to eat~~!!

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Very full & fattening indeed....But i could go for only 1 potato, 1 salmon & 3 hams for cheese steamboat.
For cheese lover like me yes nice! haha

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Uncle came to pick us again and yeah no more train and shivering tonight.

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Its really fun!

Thanks cuzs...for the fun day to night! :)

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