July 14:
France's Bastille Day. Had wanted to watch the parade along Champs Elysées but we couldn't wake up in time. Blessing in disguise though, because we realized people from all parts of France came into Paris and started to "queue" as early as 6am! By the time it started at 10, the crowd was around 20-people deep and unless you're 2m tall, there's no way you can see anything. Plus, it started pouring, like really pouring hard. So we were extremely satisfied catching it on TV on our nice comfy sofa. Even better, we managed to see fighter planes fly past our place. Oh, here's just a photo of our nice little courtyard.
In the night, people gathered at Trocadéro to celebrate and also to watch the fireworks near Eiffel. (Again, we didn't make it there. I know..we sound lazy to not participate in the fun. Crowd-phobia cannot be an excuse :( But we promised each other to go next year!) Anyway, the fireworks display was MAGNIFIQUE! 30 minutes at one shot. Beat that. I swear I anticipated the end of the display for at least 5 times. But no, it just kept going.. Climax after climax. Whooo. Nonetheless, the real finale was awesome.
NB: As you can see from the little shadowy figures, our next building neighbors actually climbed onto their rooftops to watch! The view must have been to-die-for.
How I love Paris....
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