Eight Years in Paris

Invitation for New Year Celebration with her family & guests by Dr & Madame Gardey,one of the research mentors of my Doctorate Thesis was like a bolt from the blue & there was the added bonus of having a chat with some Belgian Friends as part of agenda too

It was real revelation to hear that Mont Saint Malo was epicentre of Pirates and that those pirates had blessings & protection from some kings to do their pirate job as well!

This artificial rocky island created by Nature from molten lava millions of years ago is worth all the hype that tourist operators brag about & a delight to watch it in full-moon days!

Except for the Notre Dame Cathedral, & Palais de Tau palace, there is nothing much to write about this town! The hospitality of Lanson Champagne Company though was delightful & unexpected!

As a release phenomenon after having the honour of getting my Doctorate Degree from University of Paris with distinction, I was on the hunt to locate a 2 day trip to outskirts of Paris and to explore the much hyped tourist spots of Mont Saint Micheal & Saint Malo & after a rapid tour of City of Reims on the way to the Mounts

I can shout with conviction that Paris is a heaven for travellers & adventures & excellent public transport netwrok can make the travel a walk in the park. However, travellers without knowledge of French Language can be a handicap since less than 10% of Parisiens prefer to use any other Language!

While exploring Montmartre District of Paris, I was left to wonder whether the name of a shady district for MontMartre was not creation of some vested religious interests that wanted to suppress freedom of expression and freedom of speech limited to only themselves and their cheer leaders and not to others!

Pompidou Centre or BeauBourg Centre of Chatelet is a must visit item for art enthusists and students and explorers to Paris & presence of good number of hypermarkets in the area is a bonus too

Yes Folks, if there was no advent of Internet and public at large had no loud speakers to speak out their mind or musings and thoughts, the mafias controlling the media of the world would have made the world believe that only their owners and cheer leaders & supporters are right and that all others are just fools & not worth listening to!

Visit of Notre Dame Church & Palais de la justice & city & st louis islands can take the visitor for a time travel of about 2000 Years!

Boulevard Saint Michael and surroundings have a charm and aura that can be highly infective and can inject a new energy to all explorers of truths & history in a way that is beyond words!

Promedade in latin quarter or "quartier latin" & visiting Pantheon the Monument for ALL Gods were unforgettable experiences indeed

Though Luxenbourg Palace is not accessible to general public, being the head-quarters of French Senate, surrounding areas like Latin Quarter is a must visit item for low budget travel freaks!

Thankfully Public Transport system of Paris is so well planned that any visitor can access the main sites of Tourist Interest with relative ease & without too much money expenditure too

I was really impressed to see the meticulous urban planning and vision of French Rulers of past 500 years & felt how indians had the misfortune of being slaves of Mogul& British invaders for nearly 500 years and wrecked them forever too!

I had not realized that two days of exploration of exhibits of Louvre Museum may be sufficient only to view 5% of the exhibits of this mammoth Museum Complex

Michael, the italan friend was so captivated by the Mahabharat Epic that I was compelled to spend many more minutes explaining excerpts from that great epic to my Italian friend in Egyptian section of Louvre Museum more than I had bargained for!

I was really impressed to see that my Italian friend Michael had so much liking & interest to hear more MahaBaharat Stories that he wanted me if possible to narrate many more stories from that epic if time permits!

Fearful that I might not have enough time to explore most of the important items of Egyptian section of the Louvre Museum, i , rather hesitantly obliged to the demands of the Italian friend to detail more of the Mahabharat Dice Game!

It was amazing that even museum pieces can tell hundreds of stories for the discerning on-lookers!

The egyptian section of the Louvre Museum can enthrall any history lover and art-over and make one wonder how rich, talented & cultured the Egyptians were more than 3500 years & more ago!

The visit to Egyptian section of the Louvre Museum was a real eye opener and the collections therein appeared to be worth the weight in gold!

Taking a help from my long term friend, Bhaskar Rao , Curator of Salar Jung Museum, I collected all the required background information on Louvre Museum History&List of must see items therein & set out for a 2 Day Discovery Mission!

I felt that I would have done a big mistake if I had gone to tour Tuleries Palace without taking the help of a professional guide and had chosen to save some pennies instead and made the trip like a goat taking a stroll in the market place instead!

As I was getting educated about Tuileries Garden&Tuileries palace , I realized why Professor Panigel had placed this place as one of the must see items of Paris Discovery Mission