Showing posts with label Travel Paris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel Paris. Show all posts

Monday, May 16, 2011

The Eiffel Tower, Paris.

This is... the view from the top.

The beautiful view of Paris.

The awesome view.

360 degrees view.

...yes, this is me ahaha.

..and I am on top of Eiffel Tower.

The cool Eiffel Tower.


Friday, May 13, 2011

Moulin Rouge, Paris.

By the way, the French are very skillful with their parking. See.... there is practically no gaps at all between front and back. LOL.

Anyways... today I would like to bring you to... MOULIN ROUGE!

Moulin Rouge is a cabaret built in 1889 by Joseph Oller, who also owned the Paris Olympia. Close to Montmartre in the Paris red-light district of Pigalle on Boulevard de Clichy in the 18th arrondissement, it is marked by the red windmill on its roof.

The Moulin Rouge is best known as the spiritual birthplace of the modern form of the can-can dance. Originally introduced as a seductive dance by the courtesans who operated from the site, the can-can dance revue evolved into a form of entertainment of its own and led to the introduction of cabarets across Europe. Today the Moulin Rouge is a tourist destination, offering musical dance entertainment for visitors from around the world. Much of the romance of turn-of-the-century France is still present in the club's decor.

The closest métro station is Blanche.

Blanche is a station on Paris Métro Line 2, on the border of the 9th and the 18th arrondissement. The station is located under the Boulevard de Clichy in Montmartre. The station is named after the Place Blanche, which derives its name from the gypsum that spilled in the 17th century from the wagons leaving the Montmartre quarries, where it was mined to produce plaster of Paris.

Pigalle is an area in Paris around the Place Pigalle, on the border between the 9th and the 18th arrondissements. It is named after the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714–1785). Pigalle is famous for being a tourist district, with many sex shops on Place Pigalle and the main boulevards and prostitutes operating in the side streets. The neighborhood's raunchy reputation led to its World War II nickname of "Pig Alley" by Allied soldiers. The Divan du Monde and the Moulin Rouge, a world-famous cabaret, are both located in Pigalle.

Plenty of clubs, shows and much more right here!

This would be a MUST SEE in Paris - make sure you go check it out ya!!!

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

La Vallee Village, Paris.

ENJOY EXCEPTIONAL DREAM PRICES AT OVER 90 RENOWNED DESIGNER OUTLETS, ALL YEAR ROUND AT LA VALLÉE VILLAGE. SOME OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST BRANDS ALL IN ONE EXCLUSIVE VILLAGE....

Fans of designer brands will be in fashion heaven at La Vallée Village: not only are all the top names gathered here, but there are permanent, year-round and irresistible price reductions. Brands range from cutting-edge chic, to luxury shoes and bags, and fabulous home accessories. Many of the names featured have chosen La Vallée Village as their first or only French reduced-price boutique. In addition, non-EU visitors can claim a refund of VAT on all purchases under the tax-free shopping scheme. For the ultimate high-end fashion at exceptional prices, make a date now at La Vallée Village.

If you're the type of shopper who'd rather let someone else do the driving, there's an easy (and green!) choice with our Shopping Express shuttle service. You can choose between a departure from the Place des Pyramides at 9:30 (return from La Vallée Village at 14:30) and a departure at 12:30 (return from La Vallée Village at 17:00).

The brands here.... includes.....
Agnès b.
Aigle
Alain Figaret
Amorino
Anne Fontaine
Anne de Solène
Antik Batik
Apostrophe/Georges Rech
Armani
Baccarat
Bally
Berenice
Bodum
Bonpoint
Burberry
Burberry Menswear
b a & s h
Café Coton Atelier
Calvin Klein Jeans
Calvin Klein Underwear
Celine
Cerruti 18CRR81
Chantal Thomass by The Lingerie Shop
Chantelle
Charles Tyrwhitt
Comptoir des Cotonniers
D&G
Descamps
Diane von Furstenberg
Diesel
Dolce & Gabbana
Dsquared2 (Staff International)
Dunhill
Energie / Miss Sixty
Façonnable
Furla
Féraud Homme
Garella Gallery
Givenchy
Guess
Gérard Darel
Hackett
Heschung
Jimmy Choo
Joseph
K.I.D.S.
Kenzo
Kickers & Co.
Lagostina
Lalique
Lamarthe
Lancel
Longchamp
Loro Piana
M Missoni
MCS
Maison Martin Margiela (Staff International)
Maje
Manfield/Bowen
Marithé + François Girbaud
Marni
Max Mara
McGregor
Miss Sixty/Energie
Moncler
Napapijri
Nike Factory Store
Nitya
Paul Smith
Pepe Jeans
Pierre Clarence (Christian Lacroix homme, Pierre Clarence, Nina Ricci)
Pinko
Polo Ralph Lauren
Polo Ralph Lauren Children
Porsche Design
Puma
Ralph Lauren Home
Robert Clergerie
S.T. Dupont
Salvatore Ferragamo
Samsonite
Sandro
Staff International (Dsquared2, Maison Martin Margiela)
Starbucks Coffee
Timberland
Tod's
Tommy Hilfiger
Trussardi Jeans
Tumi
Valentino
Ventilo
Versace
Vilebrequin
Villeroy & Boch
Wolford
Zadig & Voltaire....

See... a very pleasant shopping experience... if only they have this in Malaysia...

The closest TGV train station is the Marne-la-Vallée-Chessy/Parc Disney® station. Take RER A and exit at Val d'Europe/Serris Montévrain station, then walk 10 minutes or board the shuttle to La Vallée Village. A door-to-door shuttle service runs from Val d'Europe station to La Vallée Village every Sunday

This place is a MUST GO!!! =)

Monday, May 9, 2011

Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, Paris.

Have you seen this place before?

This is Basilique du Sacré-Cœur - the Roman Catholic church in Paris, France.

The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris, commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Paris, France. A popular landmark, the basilica is located at the summit of the butte Montmartre, the highest point in the city.

Sacré-Cœur is a double monument, political and cultural, both a national penance for the supposed excesses of the Second Empire and socialist Paris Commune of 1871 crowning its most rebellious neighborhood, and an embodiment of conservative moral order, publicly dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which was an increasingly popular vision of a loving and sympathetic Christ.

At the bottom are some stalls selling Paris souvenirs and so on.

There's even a little carousel ride there too.

This is me here, at the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur.

Did you know that this place appeared in the TVB 2008/2009 hit drama series, The Gem of Life??? It is the place where Constance (Gigi Lai) and Terrence (Moses Chan) had their honeymoon. It appeared again when Constance visited Paris to reconcile with Terrence.

Completed in 1914, it was not consecrated until 1919 after World War I had ended. The final cost was 40 million francs. Since 1885, there has been perpetual adoration and worship within. The interior of the church contains one of the worlds largest mosaics, and depicts Christ with outstretched arms. The nearby bell tower contains the "Savoyarde''. Cast in Annecy in 1895, it is one of the worlds heaviest at 19 tons.

Palace of Versailles, Paris.

A half hour outside of Paris, the Palace of Versailles is one of the world's grandest historical museums.

The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles, the Île-de-France region of France. In French, it is known as the Château de Versailles.

See the awesome architecture... this is JUST the gate.

Here's the grand hallway.

The great paintings on the ceilings...

The Palace of Versailles began as a modest hunting lodge. Well, as modest a lodge as one could expect from a French King. Then Louis XIV enlarged and enrobed the old lodge, turning it into the great Chateau we know today. In 1837, Louis-Philippe converted the whole deal to a museum of French History in what may have been the historic starting point for the development of mass tourism.

And the World War 1 was ended here with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

Pictures of the Kings?

Its open to public on everyday except Mondays.

In 1660, Louis XIV, who was approaching majority and the assumption of full royal powers from the advisors who had governed France during his minority, was casting about for a site near Paris but away from the tumults and diseases of the crowded city. He had grown up in the disorders of the civil war between rival factions of aristocrats called the Fronde and wanted a site where he could organize and completely control a government of France by absolute personal rule. He settled on the royal hunting lodge at Versailles, and over the following decades had it expanded into the largest palace in the world. Versailles is famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy which Louis XIV espoused.

More paintings on the ceiling.

Here's the super huge garden...

Can you see me?

Here's a closer picture LOL.


The Chateau is open from Tuesday to Sunday, except on certain French public holidays:
May-September 9 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
October-April 9a.m. to 5.30p.m

The park and the gardens are open every day except in bad weather from 7 a.m. in summer, 8 a.m. in winter, until sunset.