My Paris Journey: Bones and Skulls
Be warned: pictures in this post may be too much to handle. If you cannot stomach it, turn away when you see the *.
Before i dwell on the bones and skulls, i'd like to thank you for curiously stopping by. Do head to Champs Elysees for some shopping and at the end of the street, stop by the Arche de Triumphe.
There it is!
Me at the gate and on the top (with fee).
What's amazing at the top is the 360 degree view at the roundabout. Eiffel Tower is there.
Around the gate.
Like in Beijing, i was immensely amazed by the people of the past, especially their planning and geometry skills. We did walk, in a straight line, from the Louvre Museum through to Champs Elysees and the Arche de Triumphe.
If shopping is in your list, head to La Vallee Village premium outlet (on the way to Disneyland via train) for discounted branded goods. Just getting there, you can pass through a shopping mall, and there you begin your shopping spree.
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You still have the time to turn away.
The Catacombs of Paris is probably the most exotic and extreme of my journey in Paris. A horror movie was just showing in cinema when i was there.
You have to get there early if you plan to visit the Catacombs. We were there almost an hour before opening time and had to wait another half an hour after opening before it was our turn to enter. The number of people visiting the Catacombs is capped.
Going further down.
Going in.
It wasn't as eerie as i thought. May be because i wasn't alone throughout,or there were lights. Instead, i was feeling rather sick looking at the bones and skulls.
The Catacombs, an underground ossuary in the historical stone mines, houses about six million people and reputed as the world's largest grave.
Will you enter?
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