Day Two went immediately straight through brunch at Leon de Bruxelles, another appetizing resto serving Brussels’ favorite - Mussels with Fries. As I had mentioned from Day One, food in Paris is simply delectable and I can only imagine what food is like at L’ Aperge, serving a staggering $211 per plate. Thank God for alternative diners and increasingly cosmopolitan food choices!
With stomachs full and a good eight-hour rest, we visited one of Paris’ high-end malls, Galleries LaFayette (Women’s). The mall’s interior consists of a beautiful dome as one of the many beautiful chapels in Italy. Towering with six floors and a basement, it is heaven for Becky Bloomwood with covetous gown displays ranging up to 16,000e. The cosmetics department hogs the whole floor where the LV store conveniently sits to its side. No wonder LV was jammed packed with tourists seemingly panic buying on wallets, bags and luggage.
After that pricey trip, our next stop was the Louvre housing the Mona Lisa, which by the way (Art majors, please don’t kill me) we opt not to see in exchange for a Starbucks Frappuccino! Yes, corporate America got to me. =) But we still walked around the area snapping photos of that inverted pyramid (pictured above) and the Louvre’s exterior. We spent about a good hour over at the Louvre, headed straight to Vendome, a piazza known for its high-end diamond jewelers and then at the Concorde with the towering Egyptian Obelisk. From there, it was quite a walk towards Arc de Triomphe. Journeying through Champs-Elysees was a blast though. It gave us a taste of a Paris fall, with its vermilion trees standing still in the background, and the hustle and bustle of the city veiled in beguiling lights! It was simply and enticingly beautiful.
Following a failed rampant search for Planet Hollywood, it was Chinese for dinner before finally heading off to the train station leading back home. We were looking to another long day for sure and this time, at Paris Disney.
With stomachs full and a good eight-hour rest, we visited one of Paris’ high-end malls, Galleries LaFayette (Women’s). The mall’s interior consists of a beautiful dome as one of the many beautiful chapels in Italy. Towering with six floors and a basement, it is heaven for Becky Bloomwood with covetous gown displays ranging up to 16,000e. The cosmetics department hogs the whole floor where the LV store conveniently sits to its side. No wonder LV was jammed packed with tourists seemingly panic buying on wallets, bags and luggage.
After that pricey trip, our next stop was the Louvre housing the Mona Lisa, which by the way (Art majors, please don’t kill me) we opt not to see in exchange for a Starbucks Frappuccino! Yes, corporate America got to me. =) But we still walked around the area snapping photos of that inverted pyramid (pictured above) and the Louvre’s exterior. We spent about a good hour over at the Louvre, headed straight to Vendome, a piazza known for its high-end diamond jewelers and then at the Concorde with the towering Egyptian Obelisk. From there, it was quite a walk towards Arc de Triomphe. Journeying through Champs-Elysees was a blast though. It gave us a taste of a Paris fall, with its vermilion trees standing still in the background, and the hustle and bustle of the city veiled in beguiling lights! It was simply and enticingly beautiful.
Following a failed rampant search for Planet Hollywood, it was Chinese for dinner before finally heading off to the train station leading back home. We were looking to another long day for sure and this time, at Paris Disney.
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