Sightseeing in Paris... Day 2

On Sunday the 15th of June, we were running a bit late, so our programme for the day which was to finish the tour of Paris went down the drain... We arrived in Paris about 11 am. By 12.45, we're at the Eiffel Tower, the line was so long that only at 2.30 pm, we were finally up the famous Eiffel Tower. The kids were excited but it was also freezing up there. We took lots of photos...even though it was a bit crowded, it was well worth the effort ( for a lifetime experience, I guess).

When we came down, we managed to get on the 3 o'clock river Seine cruise. We were so hungry by then, the kids devoured all the snacks and a bag of popcorn. The cruise lasted about 1 hour. Very nice actually... After that, we tried to get a taxi to Paris Mosque. I was really pissed off at the french taxi drivers, not very helpful at all. One even told us that the mosque was behind the eiffel tower and within walking distance. Crazy! We're not stupid...

Finally, as the last resort, we approached a taxi driver who was having his lunch. Alhamdulillah, he's an Algerian muslim and took us to the mosque. The taxi fare was around 12 euro but we gave him 20, well it was worth every cent to be able to pray zohor. It was a lovely mosque, built in 1922, tiled with moroccan tiles. We also found a few halal shops around the area. We had wonderful kebabs and the kids had pizza. We went on the metro at Jusseau. And it was difficult to get on the metro with a stroller...Luckily the kids were wonderful, not a sign of tantrum anywhere (and we did push them to hurry up every few seconds...hehehe)

Since we didn't manage to go to several places in Paris, we went back to Paris on Thursday. We used the metro to get around. Unlike me, my husband's sense of direction is actually quite good, so we didn't have any problem (despite the fact that we had to carry the stroller up and down stairs...sigh). We went to the Louvre, Arch de Triomphe and walked along Champ E'leysee. We didn't buy anything there because everything's so expensive. The same keychain we found in Notre Dame costs triple there. For e.g: in Notre Dame it costs 3.50 euro, it was 9 euro in Champ E'leysee... So, there ends the Paris sightseeing episodes...