真的很难找 - 莎士比亚书局。 我们兜了几圈才找到, 一次在夜晚,一次在白天。书局很古色古香。As inspired by my previous trip and the TVB show, this is another place that I wanted to bring my wife. We spent quite some time here, walking up the steps to the 2nd floor, sitting on the wooden bench reading. It was quite crowded and I was quite obedient not to take photos insides - following the notices. I learnt quite a few books that I should have read before - one of which is "The Little Prince". Didn't know about it so I got one for my nephew too. We got a few other books and got also the signature stamp of Shakespeare and Company. I feel this is a place that my wife would like and yes, I think she likes it a lot. At least from the books she bought :P.
We also have some "small" disagreement while searching for the bookstore at night. We chanced upon a chinese restaurant and we feasted there two times. Not sure why but we have serious craving for chinese food in european countries. I have earlier wanted to go to Chinatown for more authentic recommendations but my wife actually made a good decision for us to eat there. We saw one traveller, I think so, eating there on two days we patronised the shop. To me, it's like going back home with familiar food and smell. I have wanted to try the mee though but didn't do so.
We didn't know that there was this famous building - Notre Dame Cathedral. It is a very grand building and the entrance to the building closes early before 6pm I think. So, we missed it. We were told by our "Free Tour" guide that many of the decorations in the building remained unchanged to-date and descriptions in the book "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" by Victor Hugo can still be appreciated if we visit the building. Wow. Interesting. Again, I have not read that book before. One thing I realise when I travel in Europe and also with my wife is that I dun really read a lot or widely. My wife reads and she also mentions that her brother reads a lot too. Difficult to catch up, especially on childhood books?
We planned to walk to Eiffel Tower and then walked along Seine River to go to one Candle shop. It was drizzling and made the trip a bit uncomfortable. I was still hoping that the drizzle would become snow flakes? Eiffel Tower - still as beautiful as before - and it gave us some good memories during our honeymoon trip. This time, we didn't go up as the queue was still long. We took some pictures and videos and decided to stroll along Seine River instead of taking the river cruise - too dark to see and rainy too.
The walk was kinda romantic. Muddy but it was quite fun walking and chatting. This is the kind of quality time that I want to have. Family time is important and I think not everyone understand that. For me, I want to enrich my family life, not with cash but with quality. Quality of life - it means having time with my family and doing things together. It means exploring new things together and helping and supporting each other.
We couldn't find the Candle shop. However, we did enjoy the walk though it was getting dark and darker. Dusk fell. In a way, it marked the ending of our Christmas holidays. I can't help but think that Paris is still very attractive place to visit. Sure, I think we will still come again.
Happy New Year 2014, Paris. We spent our new year celebrations in the blue skies of Paris though.
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