What would you do if you have four free days, a grand city, $600 to spare and a great friend for company..
A potent combination for one of my crazy travel cocktail..
This time it was London and Paris.. a whirlward junket for a 60 hours trip of a lifetime.
This time it was London and Paris.. a whirlward junket for a 60 hours trip of a lifetime.
After a major struggle for obtaining a visa the last minute (lacing my travel reason with romantic overtones and a heartfelt love story, which I managed to sell to the beautiful French counsulate official), we were on our way, courtesy the travel allowance saved from our consulting careers.
The flight alone costs about 16 hours round trip and has a high potential for Jeg-lag. But high adrenalin levels can fight anything I have realized.
A night sleep over at London (hardly a sleep-over since the majority of the time was spent sightseeing the beautiful cosmopolitan city ablaze by neon lights) and a quick trip with the 'beef eaters' at London tower and ogling at the Thames from the 'London eye', we were on our way under the English channel to Paris.
'The most romantic city in the world never disappoints those who seek it', Paris was once again a dream place. Going over the Seine river, standing on the Eiffel tower, being struck by awe at the Pantheon or ogling at the rustic art and history of the Louvre museum are always delights for the soul. Within a span of 30 hours, with just about 3-4 hours of sleep, we covered our whirl-ward tour of the city, ending with some excellent Viennese Coffee at a typical Parisian cafe.
This is the place where I decided that I would return to school and maybe in the beautiful French country.. so different from the places I have lived before.
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