Paris, Day 1

Bonjour from Paris! We arrived at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport this morning at 6am, after a 17 hours flight, not including the 5 hours stop over at Singapore. We took a shuttle bus from the airport, which stopped at Arc de Triomphe. From there, with our backpacks on our back and luggages dragging behind us, we strolled through the street of Paris for 20 minutes before we reached our hotel. The hotel looks deceptively closer on the map...

When we alighted from the shuttle bus and onto the streets around Arc de Triomphe, we noticed that we were surrounded by a huge mob of people wearing something that looked like garbage bag, running everywhere. We thought it was rather strange, and it took us a while before we realised that we are standing in the midst of a marathon. The event is sort of similar to the City to Surf in Perth.

After we checked into our hotel, we headed back to Arc de Triomphe for a closer look. From there we strolled through the famous Des Champs Elysees, went past Grand Palais, Petit Palais, Eiffel Tower and Palais de Chaillot.

Below some photos from our walk.