Coach Ride from Lucerne to Paris : March 28, 09
first night in lucerne. i woke up at 3.30 am. if counting the time in thailand, it was already 9.30 am. no wonder why i was up so early. didn't want to waste time tossing and turning in bed, i got up to take a long hot shower, get dressed and write in my journal. plenty of time and plenty of things to write, so the morning was all mine.. joon was still trying to get more rest before the long day on the road started.
..the condition of our room..messy but so cozy..
joon managed to get up at 5 am and we got ready to go out for a walk at 6 am. time for breakfast was 7 am and at 8 am we would leave the hotel..
the weather was still chilly. at this early hour on saturday morning, the road was still quiet. we walked along the road to take pictures.. it seemed like the road and the quiet morning were ours.. so quiet.. the air was fresh and pure.. i wish i could bottle it up and bring it back to thailand..
we walked and followed the smell of the newly-baked breads and here we were in front of a bakery shop.. glancing inside the shop, i was surprised seeing a group of people chatting and enjoying their early breakfast.. (or that they hadn't slept yet?)..
..the temperature of this morning..
..at 7 am, we arrived back to the hotel and took the lift to 7th floor to have breakfast..
..continental breakfast..
..at the breakfast room..
mirror shoots.. my fave..
..p'tang with the handsome bellboy...
and here we go, leaving lucerne for paris.. the ride was going to be long.. it took about 8 hours to get there..
..goodbye lucerne..
at swiss and france border.. the coach stopped for the guide to claim tax for our shoppers..
..we occasionally stopped by at gas stations for toilet and some snacks and hot drink..
the reason i like to take photos of toilet is that i think each place has its own character and here is one of them..
Entering France
inside the supermarket at a gas station.. quite a lot of people stopped by for toilet and a ride break.
..kati in her pj..
antonio, our italian driver..
i sat with him at the front seat for a few hours..
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..we were already in france, heading to dijon for chinese lunch.. yeah, chinese again..
in dijon.. we arrived around 1 pm..
Dijon
walking along to road to the chinese restaurant, we could feel the chilly air getting through our clothes and coldly wrapping our skin, it was colder than in lucerne.. i felt that the scraf and 2 layers of t-shirt and a jacket didn't help me much.. we had to walk faster to get into the restaurant..
..after lunch and leaving dijon..
..getting stopped at traffic light..
here again, on the way to paris, we stopped for toilet and hot drink.. the temperature was getting lower and lower..plus the wind!
along the way, at some places the sun still shone strongly.
..but as we reached paris, it was wet, cold and raining again..
Paris
upon arriving paris, we were dropped off in front of an asian market (an aircon-market). at this place, we could see another image of paris, with most of asians walking in and out off the market doing some shoppings for fresh foods...
as we still had time before our dinner at 6 pm (and once again, chinese food), we walked around taking photos and watching the real lives of paris..
....a toilet inside a cafe in the market, the decor looked so hip with bright shades of orange....
toilet inside the chinese restaurant..
after dinner, we headed out of town to the hotel named "holiday inn".. cozy but a wee bit far from town..
firstly, we planned to catch a metro back to the hotel on the second night as we wanted to see paris at night but when reaching the hotel, we'd better not do it, for we might end up sleeping at the metro station not knowing which way to get back to the hotel.
..paris town at dusk.. wet, cold but charming..
after more than an hour getting stuck in paris traffic, we finally arrived holiday inn.. everyone fell asleep while on the way to the hotel (except antonio!)..
the room was cozy but i wasn't in the mood to look around.. just wanted to take a hot bath and jump into the bed..
i will show you the pictures of my room and the hotel on the next day.. sweet dream!...
