Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Paris Trip - Part 1
This is Paris. This is Eiffel Tower! I'm in Paris!
We reached Paris in the afternoon after some traffic jam from Paris Beauvais Airport to Paris.
After checking in the hostel, we went to St. Michael Sq. for the free tour.
La Seine, Paris main river
Pont Neuf (New Bridge), ironically is the oldest bridge in Paris
From La Seine pedestrian walk
The famous Notre Dame Cathedral from across the La Seine
Louvre Palace
The night before reached a low temperature of -7 C. The ice was few inches thick.
But the weather was warmer when we got there.
Glass Pyramids at the Louvre.
Jardin de Tuileries (Tuileries Garden)
Statues at Tuileries Garden
Lunch in a cafe with choc muffin n baguette
Christmas Wheel
The Obelisk in front of the Concorde
The Eiffel Tower
Along Champ Elysees, the most high class street in Paris
Eiffel Tower from Pont Alexander III
Me on Champ Elysees
Champ Elysees is the house for many luxury brands like Louis Vuitton and etc.
Arc de Triomphe
Eiffel Tower at night
Sparkling Eiffel Tower
We took the lift up to the highest point of the tower, 1000ft high!
The whole Paris was in sight and we can see the city lights and the night sky split at the horizon.
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Manchester Trip
Trip to Manchester
We reached Manchester in the afternoon, and we had lunch....
We had dim sum! Cheap, only 5 pounds per person, in a restaurant full of chinese people.
Never see so many chinese together in one place since coming to UK
Chinatown Manchester
Picadilly
Picadilly casino
Arndale shopping mall. So called biggest in Europe. But still quite small compared to Malaysia's megamalls
Manchester Wheel
Old Trafford!
At last we are here!
Inside the stadium
At East stand
Game
Dinner at the same restaurant after match, Sze Chuan Tofu
Gai Lan friend with garlic
Steam minced pork with salted fish
Kung Pow chicken
We also had sweet and sour pork chop, and also Full Egg Chuan Dan Mee. Best dinner we ever had in the UK! We are going to miss Manchester
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Sunday, October 28, 2007
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