Day 7: 16 October 2009, Friday For our final day in Paris, we had the morning and afternoon free to explore what’s left of the French capital, before catching our evening train ride back to London. At about 10:30am, KP, TH and I headed over to Musée d’Orsay, located along the left bank of the […]
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Day 6: 15 October 2009, Thursday It was Day 6, our last full day in Paris. Over the past few days, we had pretty much covered everything that we wanted to see, so our main objective for today was straightforward – a visit to Musée du Louvre. The Louvre is the world’s largest art museum, […]
Day 5: 14 October 2009, Wednesday Today would be an exciting day as another member would soon be joining us in Paris. Our mutual friend TH was working at Coventry in England at the time and he managed to take a few days’ leave to travel with us. He would be coming to Paris by […]
Day 4: 13 October 2009, Tuesday For our third day in Paris, we made a trip to Château de Versailles, or the Palace of Versailles. The UNESCO World Heritage Site is one of the most-visited monuments in Paris, coming only behind the Louvre, according to 2017 visitorship numbers. The Palace is located about 20 kilometres […]
Day 3: 12 October 2009, Monday Today, it was just KP and I exploring Paris on our own as QM had to work. For our first stop, we paid a visit to Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame Cathedral. This grand, old cathedral is certainly one of the must-visit sites in Paris. The first stone was […]
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This Was It Europe 2009 – Day 2 (London / Paris)
Day 2: 11 October 2009, Sunday After a good night’s sleep, I adjusted well to the seven hours’ time difference and woke up full of energy and anticipation. It was an exciting day ahead because KP and I were making the trip across the English Channel to Paris! I deposited my big suitcase with the […]
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This Was It Europe 2009 – How It All Began / Day 1 (Singapore / London)
How It All Began It’s time to turn back the clocks again and revisit my maiden trip to Europe from 10 to 24 October 2009. This trip was very special for a number of reasons: it was my first time visiting Europe, it was the furthest I had travelled away from home, and it was […]
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Europe Trippin’ Part II Day 14 & 15: Paris – Singapore
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 7 September 2015] 7 November 2014, Friday It’s Day 14, the last full day of the trip, and we would be taking it easy today. After yesterday’s unsavoury encounter with the gypsy woman that left mum a few hundred […]
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Europe Trippin’ Part II Day 13: Paris
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 22 August 2015] 6 November 2014, Thursday It’s the second last day of the trip, and I had planned to cover all the key sights in Paris today, so that we could have a relaxing day tomorrow with no […]
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Europe Trippin’ Part II Day 12: Switzerland (Zürich) – Paris
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 20 July 2015] 5 November 2014, Wednesday After four days in Switzerland, it was time to move on to Paris, the last leg of our trip. I had visited Paris once before – in October 2009. At the time, […]
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Europe Trippin’ Part II: The Planning
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 15 March 2015] I certainly did not plan on visiting Europe twice within a year, but this trip had been a long time coming. I’ve talked about taking a vacation to Europe with my parents for many years now. […]