Hubby and I went for our honeymoon in mid-March which was around the time I last posted. And then both of us were caught up with your respective jobs and Hubby had to study for his exams, so yes we haven't sorted out our Paris honeymoon trip photos.

I gotta say, Paris deservedly deserves his tag of "The City of Love"! I am so in love with Paris! Someday I shall return to Paris=) Preferably in the spring that is. Coming from a tropical country, Hubby and I are averse to the unforgiving chilly weather that was Paris in March.

A brief travel log that would not mean much to my readers, but I am gonna jot it down anyway for posterity.

**DAY ONE: 14th March, 2011**

Our first time to Paris, and to Europe too. KL-Paris (via Orly airport) is AirAsia's latest route and the flight was fully booked despite it being winter. Most of the passengers on board were French - all on the way back to France after enjoying a tropical vacation in South-East Asia [perhaps Hanoi (Vietnam), Bali (Indonesia) or Phuket (Thailand)?]

KL-Orly (Paris) was a 13 hours plus flight. It was already 3ish in the afternoon when we touched down. We hopped onto the Air France shuttle bus (Les Cars Air France) from Orly Sud (South Exit/ Exit L) that plied Route 1*. The last stop for Route 1* was somewhere in front of the Place Charles de Gaulle-Etoile metro station. Smack in the centre of Place Charles de Gaulle-Etoile is arguably the most famous landmark in the whole of Paris - the Arc de Triomphe. A few obligatory snapshots later of the Arc de Triomphe, we were walking to our hotel with our luggages in toll with a printed copy of a map with directions to our hotel which we had sourced from GoogleMap. I think it was a 10 minute walk to our hotel but it felt longer. Between us both, we probably had about 25-30kg of luggage.

The Air France shuttle bus that we both boarded @ 11,50 Euros/ per person

Located in the 17th Arrondisement, Best Western Premier Regent's Garden Hotel was formerly a private mansion gifted by Emperor Napoleon III to his trusted physician Dr. Henri Conneau in the 19th century. Our hotel bookings were all done online from its own official website.

Sitting on the window ledge of our superior room, Hubby was delighted to discover the idyllic garden view. He tried a few test shots on his spanking new Canon EOS 450 camera.

Hubby: Let me get my angles right...

We laid in bed for a while; tonight was the night that we would be visiting the iconic La Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower). The two of us had intended for our trip to be ala "Free and Easy", so we had armed ourselves with our TWO trusted guidebooks, Frommer's Paris 2011 & The Unofficial Guide to Paris by David Applefield(May 2010 edition)  & my Macbook (for internet access).

Our TWO trusted guidebooks

Excitement & romance was in the air as we walked together, hands entwined thru the narrow streets of Paris. It was chilly with the wind blowing harshly at our faces. We later discovered that the weather that night was 2 celsius.

Everything about the Eiffel Tower experience was simply unforgettable. The view of Eiffel Tower from Trocadero. To the uninitiated, Trocadero is said to be the vantage point for taking pictures of the Eiffel Tower.

And who could forget the lift ride to The Summit. A lift entrance ticket to the top (The Summit) costs a whopping 13.10 Euros -> 2 persons = RM 109.79. There is only one Eiffel Tower in the world. You've come this far; going all the way to The Summit is a must. In comparison a staircase entrance ticket (valid to the 2nd floor) only costs 4.70 Euros ie 3 times less!

Our lift entrance ticket to The Summit was for the 2130 hours slot. It may be chilly but there was a huge crowd nevertheless. Hubby & I kept on ducking into the souvenir shop in the 2nd floor to escape the wind. =)

We had skipped dinner so once we were down, we lined up at one of the sidewalk stalls for a cup of hot chocolate & crepe.

And that was our Day 1 in Paris=)

I didn't realise that I have been away from Xanga for almost a fortnight.

My sister is back for her semester break. And you know what that means..... sister bonding time!

We went shopping last night. Collected the Christmas tree from the S&J Store at Sunway. And did a bit of window shopping too. 

My upcoming nuptials is in less than 3 weeks. I'm excited but exhausted at the same time.

A few of my friends are sharing this beautiful short video clip by "The Jubilee Project".

The "Jubilee Project" is basically a social initiative that makes entertaining videos for a good cause.

Here's one of their video clips entitled " Love Language "

I love their background music -   "Peaches" by New Heights.

Watch it and be prepared to be inspired.