Solo in Paris II./ 혼자하는 파리 여행 II.

Day 3: Notre-Dame de Paris, Walk around that area, Lunch at Les Bouquinistes, Musée d'Orsay..  That was the plan but I met a sweet just married couple from Korea at Les Bouquinistes and spent time with them. If you want to see that ( but it's in Korean only) click here. 

I started to walk toward to Notre-Dame but the streets in Paris aren't straight :P and I somehow ended up in the far away neighborhood…not even the tourist map can't tell where I was :P I walked toward to Montparnasse area( you don't have to go there.. nothing  much but huge boulevard with shops and things and of course it was very busy because of the Montpanesse station)

노트르담에 가서 타워나 올라갈까 하면서 걷기시작했으나 완전 다른 방향으로 갔다는.. 그래서 그냥 동네 구경 완전 하고 ( 뭐 빌다른 것 없는 동네 안가셔도 됀다는..) 그래도 여행하면서 길 가끔 잃어버리는것도 좋은방법중에 하나인듯…

Oh I googled it and found the name of this park, Jardin des Grands Explorateurs and this fountain is Fontaine des Quatre-Parties-du-Monde Good to know! I like the Google :) I highly recommend you to be lost once in a while.  You'd never know what you'd find!

룩셈부르그 정월 끝에 이어져있는 공원 마르코 폴로 공원이라고도 부름

I , of course, don't know but it looked pretty :) 뭔지 모르는디 예뻐서 찍어줌

So finally I found my way toward to Notre-Dame and saw this church and had to check it out. 엥? 가는길에 어라! 뭐지? 하고 따라간길

Val-de-Grâce

구름이 예술.  안에 들어가진 않았심.  노트르담으로 쓩~ 바쁜아침.. 다음에 들어가 보지 뭐..

La Sorbonne 소르본 광장 앞을 지나서

Fountain on Boulevard Saint Michel 미쉘광장에 있는 분수대를 지나서..

Guess who is paying for the restoration!

Oh well! all the tourists are in and around Notre-Dame, Louvre and Eiffel tower for sure!! 파리 관광객들은 다 노트르담 성당 안밖, 에펠타워, 루브르에 있는듯! 

I quickly looked around and inside and left there since I don't believe in waiting in line for more than 20min for … Anything!

Behind Notre- Dame

Walking around île Saint-Louis and île de la Cité

Paris City hall

I was walking around all over this area because I had to wait for the Les Bouquenistes lunch :) 

Les Bouquinistes where I met the cute just married couple from Korea!

Start with Champagne, appetize..

Calamari risotto

Apple dessert

We walked to the Luxembourg garden

After that we walked around all over, if you want to see it, it's in here

Day 4: Louvre, D'Orsay ( but Orsay doesn't allow you to take photos so no photos!) and lunch and Louvre again! Visiting museums are so tiring!

박물관 구경은 느무느무 피곤하다는… 루브르랑 올세이를 왔다갔다한 3일 째 날.  머 저번에 가봐서 그 유명한 그림등등은 다 봤고…. 제가 좋아라하는 임프레션니스트 그림과 스페인 이탈리아 프랑스 그림등등만 쭉 천천히 돌아주심. 

Things that I liked at Louvre :) 

I like little details in big huge paintings..

그냥 보시라고.. 

Little restaurant between Louvre and Orsay. I was only one non French person in the restaurant :) It was good, not amazing.. but comforting ambiance without tourists..

I am not a dessert person but this was really great! Hot hot crêpe with pastry cream and Grand Marnier!

This is the restaurant.  cute!  Try sometime if you are between Louvre and Orsay..

After d'Orsay, walked back to the Louvre.  I love the Museum Pass! So worth it!

I love little details like this painting!

Cherries!

Day3 and 4 went very smoothly.  I wanted to go to Orangery but somehow they had a emergency and kicked all people out so there were long line to get into the museum so I gave up.  둘째날 셋째날도 무사히 재미있게! 파리 가실일 있으면 선글라스랑 우산 꼭 가지고 다니시길. 날씨가 느무 변덕스러워서 집에 가는길에 비를 쫄딱 맞아주었다는… 

Solo in Paris I./ 혼자하는 파리 여행 I.

Sadly, finding a job turned out very difficult in Montpellier area so instead of sitting at home and waiting for a long time, I decided to go back to U.S.. Soooooooo sad! Mais c'est la vie!  The last thing I'd love to do before move back was to visit Paris again.  This time it'd be by myself! It was easy to plan since I've already been there.  I reserved a little studio between le musée d'Orsay and le Jardin de Luxembourg since last time we stayed in Marais. It was perfect choice! The major thing I'd like to do was to visit Louvre and Orsay so I did several times with my Museum Pass. I walked almost 25000steps everyday! It's such a great city to walk around.  I lost several times deliberately and it was great!

슬프게도 남부 프랑스에서 일 찾는게 너무 어려운지라 집에서 놀고 먹고 하느니 다시 미국으로 돌아가기로 했읍니다.  뭐 아쉽고 하긴한데 말도 잘 통하고 특별한 서류등등이 필요없는 나라로 울 신랑 있는곳으로 돌아가기로 결정하니까 속도 시원하고 뭐 기쁘고… 미국으로 다시 돌아가기 전에 파리 한번 둘러볼려고 혼자한 파리 여행! 파리는 혼자 당기기는 딱 인듯! 한국분들도 아주 많던데… 이거 전 블로그에서 보셨듯이 신혼 부부도 만나고.. 아주 자유로운 여행이었읍니다.  불어도 하고 영어도 하고 해서 저번에 여행했을때보다 더 쉽고 재미있었읍니다 나의 불어가 많이 늘어서리 ㅋㅋ  사진으로 보실래요?

Day 1: TGV from Montpellier to Gare de Lyon, Mètro to the studio, Walk to les invalies to buy the Museum pass, Walk around Jardin the Tulieries, Wine tasting at Ô Chateau

6am? I rarely get up this time.  Sunrise from my bedroom window… byebye Montpellier~~

아침 6시쯤? 평소에는 절대 일어나지 않는 시간 

After 4 hours of TGV ride and Paris Mètro, check-in to the studio and started to walk around

I walked toward to the Invalide and took a photo of the Palais Bourbon (Assemblée Nationale)

Pont de la Concorde , it's really rarely to have blue sky like this in Paris :) 

이리 햇볕쨍쨍은 파리에서 잘 일어나지 않는일.  햇볕나면 무조건 사진을 찍어야한다느…

The reason I went to Les Invalides was to buy the Museum ticket :)  It's not that popular destination so the line is short and it's easy to buy the Museum ticket.  I got the 4 days one.  So worth it! I hate waiting in line. Well but I wasn't interested to enter inside the Musée de l'Armée :) I am a very peaceful person :P

갑자기 햇볕쨍쨍.. 방금전까지 비내렸었심.. 아~ 눈부셔

Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées,just now I found the real name of this building :P 

jardin des Tuileries, Now you know where I've been walking..

Louvre from Tuileries…

Louvre

Between these, I went to a wine tasting at Ô Chateau ( It was good, I've learn some but little too basic for me :) The tasting would be good for a person who knows about French wine little bit but not too much :P) 

walking back to my studio

Pont des Arts

Dinner at a café near my studio.  The main course was yummy but not that photogenic :) I was in Paris so I had to eat the French onion soup!

원래 파리는 이렇다할 음식으로 유명하지 않은데요, 파리에서 진정으로 나온 음식, 프랑스 양파 국? 한국 말로 하니까 욱겨 ㅋㅋㅋ Soupe à l'oignon

Day 2: Musée d'Orsay, Walk to the Musée de la Vie Romantique ( recommended by my friend, Martine who used to live in 9th arrondissement, but sadly I forgot to take some photos :P), Walk to the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur ( I did because I had to kill sometime between the museum and the tour in the afternoon) , Parisian Food Explorer by Natasha Black (Highly recommend!)

The second day! 둘째날!

 I have no idea what the name of this church. I just walked around and randomly took photos :) 

Cute building.  On the way to Musée d'Orsay!

Inside Musée d'Orsay.  There was a fire near the Opera house and people were watching the fire more than the arts :) 

Musée d'Orsay.  My favorite!

After Orsay, I walked toward to Montmarte and passed the Opera house. And I saw the place on fire… 

I have no idea again.  This is a church between Opera house and Montmarte.  Oh wait! I found it :) Eglise de la Trinité~ Voila!

So beautiful!

Before I arrived at this Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, I walked all over the Montmatre area and relaxed inside this basillique little bit :) 여기오기 전에 하루죄~ㅇ일 걸어서 다리가 후덜덜… 성당안에서 쉬었다는…

여전히 또 안좋아진 날씨.  

While listening to Natasha about the history about this area… This is the starting point for the Parisian Food Explorer!

The first stop! Cheeeeeeeese~~~~~ 

The best one right now in Paris :) Éclair was divine.  I bought something for Ben! Lucky him!

Through this tour, we ate lots of yummy things; cheese, chocolate, éclair, macaron, sausage, ham, more cheese, more macaron, … finish with wine! So very my kind of afternoon :) Natasha was a awesome guide!  

Happy after eating éclair :) 

Japan has the fake sushi and sashimi, France has the stuffed T-bone steak :) !

난 마카롱은 빌루 그러나 마구 먹어줌… 여전히 빌루.  세상에서 젤루 유명하다는걸 먹었는데 빌루인거 보면.. 난 마카롱 체질이 아니라는…

More macaron!

Natasha also showed us the famous Le Chat Noir cabaret.  Sadly it's just a ugly building now….

이포스터 많이 보셨죠?  프랑스 식당 같은데 가면 맨날 있는.. 이게 그 유명한 카바레 포스터 인디 위에 밑에 보이는 사진이 그 카바레 였던곳.  지금은 기냥 아파트… 세월이 무상..

Can you believe that! This building used to be the infamous Le Chat Noir!

I don't know why I didn't take a photo of us but this is the place where we had some nice wine and chat for a while.  How nice way to end the tour!   After this I took the mètro to my studio and relaxed… 하루죙일 걷고 먹고 해서 음청 피곤했던 하루.  이 투어가 끝나고 곧장 집으로 쓩~ 다음날을 위해 충전!