Even before stepping on the soil of Paris, I have fallen in love with the city. Paris is such a beautiful city and no wonder a lot of poets associates Paris with love and romance. So, since the summer day is still young, the sun is still in the air, our bus driver continued to bring us circling the city of Paris. This is fun because this means I can continue taking a snapshot of Paris from my window bus. Or snapshots I suppose. One click will not be enough when you are travelling to Paris.
One thing that I noticed, Paris has a lot of bridges crossing over the river Seine. In fact, there is a total of 37 bridges in Paris. From the total of 37, there are three pedestrian bridges and two rail bridges. At the moment, we are passing by one of the bridge named Pont d'Austerlitz. Pont means bridge I suppose. It owes its name to the battle of Austerlitz in the year 1805.
The bridge itself was constructed four years before the battle of Austerlitz. When it was first constructed, the width is not wide enough up to the point it was considered dangerous. Hence, another construction was done to widen the bridge until it is ready for its second inauguration in 1885.
A few metres ahead lies another bridge. This time, let's say hello to Pont d'lena which links the Eiffel Tower on the left bank of river Seine to the district of Trocadero on the right bank. The bridge was opened in the year 1814.
After a series of bridge, we passed by a random cemetery in Paris. The cemetery is not as flowerful as what we have seen in Brussels before.
Before we know it, it was already near 8pm at night even though the sky still looks pretty bright thanks to the summer time. But our bus driver needs to finish off his day soon and hence, we were going to the hotel pretty soon to check in. Okay, see you another day then!
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