Well i decided i put this off long enough, so its time for part 2 to this installment. Willl there be a third? Only time will tell i suppose.
Where was i?
Oh right running to the Eurostar.Of course the best way to get across Europe for most

Tip 8
In Europe Eurostar from country to country.

So all it took was a 2hr 15 minute ride in which it went under the english channel for about 45 minutes, so there went my videos of the scenery, you can find pitch black darkness in S'pore as well, though honestly i think the european darkness would have more class. And then we reached the supposed most romantic city in the world. The first people i saw were a couple from china. Oh joy, more of them. Then while walking to the hotel, we got to see how the french were like , in most cases, not pleasant.

This guy walks into the luggage bag my brothers carrying and starts swearing in french.
Well still nothing beats the rudeness levels in Singapore, sigh

Tip 9
This is for that French prick. Abit of wisdom.
You walk, use your eyes bodoh.

So after deciphering how to get to our hotel in french, we finally reached Citadine Apartments, which i have to say was alot more classy then the English one.Now the receptionist(or whatever they are called ) downstairs said her name was Blanche. Now the weird thing is, thats a name of a place and a metro station. (Not the band,metro is french for subway)So imagine going into a hotel in Singapore and the person says "Hello, my name is Kembangan" .Though after that Blanche said something that made me and my brothers fall in love with her.

"There is free 24hr coffee machine in lobby"

WHOOOO

Okay in my family when someone says that its kind of like someone said
"Welcome to heaven, can i take your order?"
So after watching french telivision for an hour, we decided to go check out the famous church, im not sure what its called, and no not notre dame, it was on the tallest hill in Paris supposedly and took like a million steps to get there.

Tip 10
for my parents, if we spend all the time climbing the stairs, we don't actually get to spend time with what is at the top of the stairs.

So we checked out the artfair that was on the hill, and decided to ask why there was an artfair here of all places

"Ou famous painter live here long ago"

What famous painter you ask?

"Ou i don't think you know him, he is french"

No shit sherlock, so who was he

"Oh he very famous in france, but you dont know him"

.............

"He name Pablo Picasso"

Yes , Picasso, and they thought only the french knew him

Tip 11
For old french guy, you sir are an idiot.
Fine that wasn't really a tip, but okay.


So then we made our way to the Tour De Eiffel

Tip 12
If you're going to the Eiffel Tower , go at night, you will not be dissapointed.

Out of all the monuments,buildings and sights i've seen. Not just this Europe trip but amongst everything, the Eiffel Tower was the most Aweomsest

In fact i am now Officialy Adding the Eiffel Tower to the list of Amazing Awesome Always.

This list is still in construction, but its a list of things that are Amazing , of course Awesome and will be Always.
So top of the list comes the Eiffel Tower , maybe it was the lights, and the mist but something about it just made it seem so Majestic, that you felt so out of place and unworthy standing beneath it.

Now the next day is where things got interesting,
Hari Raya Haji, Yup it was Hari Raya and we were in france, so my parents being one of those singaporeans who practice hari raya prayers even though its one of the only 2 that isn't compulsory, had to find a mosque. Well the good thing is that we were in France and there were alot fo Muslims over there. Now the thing about this Hari Raya that was most strange is that its one that i think i'm never going to forget, no i wasn't surrounded by family , no there wasn't all the festive food. But in the morning, we headed to the mosque to pray, and the sight we saw was wow. The streets were lined with people praying , in the middle of the street , in the freezing cold , bare-foot, Blacks,Turkish,Indians,Middle-Easterns, Malays, Pakistanis and Caucasians all stood together and prayed.

Thats how strong their belief was, and thats a sight to remember, that even though i wasn't nowhere near as faithful as them , not even one bit close, nor did i believe what they did. Still one doesn't have to be a saint to admire those who have faith .

That was different from being surrounded my Mats in a stuffy mosque, and thats why im going to remember this Hari Raya for a long time to come.

As soon as we were done with that we met up our travelling buddies and headed to the Notre Dame, from Mosque to Cathedral.Yeah i know. But growing up watching that Gargoyles cartoon it really was awesome i have to say,

Tip 13.
When theres a sign saying no flash phatography, take the advice.
Or like some japanese tourist, and yes some were incredibly hot, you'll get a deathstare from a priest.

So then we made our way to the place where

"The Holy Grail 'neath ancient Roslin waits.
The blade and chalice guarding o'er Her gates.
Adorned in masters' loving art, She lies.
She rests at last beneath the starry skies."

The Lourve.
Was simply awesome , the Lourve also added to Amazing Awesome Always.

Stayed there for hours, and the funny thing is , there are super huge paintings left without security all over the Lourve, but one of the smallest, lies singular on a wall which no one can come more then 10 feet near, covered in crystal bullet proof glass, with a pure gold frame.Its not the most expensive painting in the lourve so why is it so well protected? Well because its one of the most if not the most famous painting in the world.

The Mona Lisa.
She was totally flirting with me, but thats a different story. Anyway we stayed there for hours looking for conspiracy theories to proof the existence of aliens as well as the holy grail and my brother started calling himself.

"Indizavo Jones"

Tip 14
If you're thinking of calling yourself Indizavo Jones. Don't

So then we made our way back to the apartment and the sight we saw we more disgusting then we could have ever imagined.

"Coffee Machine Closed"

So my brothers decided to ask the Night manager about this later on
From what i've heard the conversaton went somewhat like this

"Hi, the coffee machine is close is it?"

"Yes the sign is there"

"But Blanche said it was 24 hours"

His reply was only capable of someone who had a thick french accent

"Blanche is crazy"

Tip 15
Don't trust someone who is named after a Metro Station. Ever.

So the next day was our last real day in Paris, and we decided to go to the ever famous Arc De Triumph, and having 3 teachers with us i of course had to learn the story of the Arc and Joan of Arc.

Napolean, general of the french army was ready to surrender to the english as he thought they had no hope, and then Joan of Arc , who was a nun in position of power at the time, got a revelation from god,telling her to push forward, not to surrender and they would win the battle, so she told this to Napolean, why did he listen? Maybe cause she was a nun, but Napolean did think he was a direct descedant of Julius Cesar, so he couldn't have been all that right in the head. So they decided to continue to fight with what forces they had left, now the english who are of course as presumptuous as ever, Assumed that since they wanted to continue the fight they must have more forces they did not know about, where in truth the french were just taking the biggest risk ever. Then Joan got a second revelation from god, telling her to be one of those to lead in battle, so she cut her hair , put on armour and went to war. And as you may very well know, the french triumphed. Then the Joan got the third and last prediction from god, telling her that the people who she fought for and with were now going to burn her alive, for the soul fact she was a woman, and they could not believe a woman had brought them this triumph when Napolean himself couldn't. And they built the arc for Napolean and the traigc tale Joan of Arc.

So then we decided to shop around , since that was the shopping district of paris. First it rained, then it flurried, then it hailed, and then on the last day of our trip it finally snowed. Insert Awesomness! So it was quite an experience since the last time i saw snow was in melbourne when i was like 5 or 6. oh wait or was it new zealand? okay i cant rmbr which i went first but easily like 6 years ago.

So after a last dinner together in france we decided to call it a night, not to mention we hadn't started packing yet.

So the very next day we were suppose to leave at 10. We woke up at 1030, but if you've been in my family long enough, you should know we're never on time, but we make it somehow or another. So as you might've gussed, i ran throught the streets of Paris with a Backpack, a luggage bag and a videocamera, only in a shirt and jacket having gotten accustomed to the cold, a big change from my 8 layers of clothing and the jacket i wore on my first day in London.

So that was that and the end of My Europe trip, so theres just one last tip i have for everyone,including myself.

Tip 16
If you live in Singapore. Get all the people you like on a plane and migrate to Europe, and drop all the people you don't like in Thailand.

~Z Husref Signing Off~