Paris : Day 2 , Part 2

Near Centre of Pompidou, we found a place to have a filling all-you-can-stuff lunch. The place was called "Flunch", and our lunch cost below E7/set. Consisting of rice/pasta, vege, meat and drinks. Highly recommended for those who has a tummy big enough to fill but wallet not big enough to enjoy fine French cuisine.

Our next destination was Galleries Lafayette. It is a shopping centre located 3km away. We were determined to walk there, hoping to see things on the journey, but it rained. Ended up using 2 hours to reach Galleries. We only spent half an hour there with the main priority to use the toilet, with no intention of buying anything. We were surprised that a short umbrella in Paris cost E12, luckily only E3 in Malaysia.

We then moved on to Champs Elysees by taking metro from Chaussee d'Antin La Fayette station on line 8 to Concorde. Exiting Concorde station, we came up to a very big square with a glimpse of Tour Eiffel. This is the Place de la Concorde.



This is the starting point of another walkathon; to Arc de Triomphe via Champs Elysees. The avenue looks like KL Bintang Walk, but at a grander scale and higher volume of people. To complete this avenue may be too much for some because the length is approximately 1.5~2km. But with the Arc as the ending point for this walkathon, you will want to walk till the end and save the metro ticket.



Arc de Triomphe is located on a roundabout with 12 roads converging to it. The main roads are Avenue des Champs Elysees, coming from the Louvre and Avenue de la Grande Armes, coming from La Defense. For us, the Arc was one of the 2 main highlights of Paris. Going up was a sure thing, and it cost E9/pax. There was a fire place below the Arc, meant to commemorate the fallen soldiers. On that evening, we saw some old soldiers gathering there and it seem like such gathering happens every week.

> Champs Elysees

> Tour Eiffel from Arc de Triomphe

Spiral stairs led up to the first level that house the information and souvenir centre. This level was also a place to shield and warm ourselves from the cold autumn wind at the top level. The top level gave a very good bird eye view of the city. You can see the nearer Tour Eiffel, or as far as Sacre Coeur and La Defense. You will notice that both avenues; Champs and Grande have higher traffic volumes and some avenues were deserted. We recommend the good time to visit the Arc is evening 5~6pm. In the 3 hours we were at the top, Tour Eiffel appeared before us in both day and night versions.