An Chuyu saw that it was a foreign pancake. The method was the same as that of a pancake, but instead of smearing eggs on it, it was coated with chocolate and filled with bananas. This is the most common snack in France. You can also order this for afternoon tea in a coffee shop. There are various flavors of crepes all over the country. I guess everyone who travels to France will taste it.

Walk along the Champs-Elysées, through the Place de la Concorde, and to the north of the Louvre Square, then turn north to the Place Vendôme. This square is where the most luxurious hotels in Paris are concentrated, including the famous Ritz Hotel, and there are many top jewelry stores around it.

The Vendôme Column is located in the center of the square. It was made by Napoleon using cannons captured in battles. The spiral pattern on it depicts many scenes of Napoleon's conquests, and a bronze statue of Napoleon Bonaparte stands on top. Unfortunately, when An Chuyu and An Qingju came here, the column was under repair and they didn't see anything.

Go down from Place Vendôme and you will see the Paris Opera. Believe me, you will never miss this place. It can be described in four words: magnificent. The architectural style is Greek, Roman and Baroque. In short, it is extremely complicated, but the combination is quite suitable.

An Chuyu and An Qingju didn't go inside to see it, but they will definitely buy tickets to go in and take a look next time. It is said that it is even more magnificent inside. Think of the conductor's "intermission" in "The Great Escape", which was in the opera house.

After walking around the opera house for a short distance, we arrived at the famous Galeries Lafayette! An Chuyu and An Qingjuetu also knew in China that "Galerie Lafayette has come to China", and thought to themselves, it's really strange that Parisians would give their department store a Chinese name?

After I came here, I found out that it was the Chinese who gave this nickname to their department store. In fact, this department store is called "Lafayette Department Store" (lafayette), named in memory of Lafayette, a famous hero in French history. It is similar to what we call "People's Department Store" and "Victory Department Store" here.

Anyway, it is the "Lafayette" in the hearts of our people. An Chuyu and An Qingju, two marmots, went in out of curiosity and felt that it was really "Yansha in France", with a large number of Chinese people queuing up in long lines...

Walking in this department store, I felt like I was not in a foreign country, as everything around me was in Chinese. I felt like I was just shopping at Contemporary, Yansha, and Sette… I thought to myself, there are so many shopping malls in Beijing, is there only one Galeries Lafayette in Paris (of course, there is also Printemps next to it)?

If you have to go shopping like this every time you travel, the travel expenses will be very high - no wonder An Chuyu and An Qingju are quite frugal. Everyone who comes to Paris will see the Eiffel Tower, but not everyone can climb the tower as they wish.

There are elevators at all four feet of the Eiffel Tower. You have to take the elevator to get to the top of the tower. The elevators are often under maintenance, and only two elevators are in operation on average every day. If you don't make an appointment in advance, you probably won't get a turn to climb the tower even if you wait for a whole day. So most people who don't make an appointment to book tickets at the bottom of the tower can only sigh at the tower. You have to buy a separate ticket to climb the Eiffel Tower, and the tickets are roughly divided into two levels.

The elevator is on the second and top floors. I can't remember the price, but it seems to be 9 euros per person to the second floor and 15 euros per person to the top floor. When taking the elevator, you can stop at one floor. If you have a top floor ticket, you can stop at each floor. Just show the ticket when you continue to go up.

This ticket does not need to be printed, there is no problem showing the electronic version; for example, An Chuyu and An Qingju saved the file on their iPads, and people can confirm it by simply scanning the barcode.

Make an appointment online and pay by credit card. Select the date and time to climb the tower. The website will automatically generate a pdf ticket, which will indicate the time you need to arrive at the entrance to climb the tower.

Since you can make an appointment online, why are there still many people who can't climb the tower as they wish? Because, in the peak season, it is almost impossible to make an appointment to climb the tower very close to the time. An Chuyu and An Qingju thought of making an appointment online as soon as they arrived in Paris, and the earliest time they could make an appointment to climb the tower was 2. Think about it. What if you didn't stay in Paris for that long?

On this day, we headed towards the Eiffel Tower, and took the subway directly to the Eiffel Tower. The weather was still not good, and it was cloudy and rainy in the morning. I think everyone knows the appearance of the Eiffel Tower.

This tower has been copied so many times in China that An Chuyu and An Qingju almost thought it was unnecessary to go. "It's just an iron tower." Only when we got there did we realize that it was not a matter of size, but where it was. Only the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Eiffel Tower facing the Champ de Mars, is the Eiffel Tower.

Despite the rain, tourists were still lining up around the tower. Because of the subway maintenance, An Chuyu and An Qingju had to take several detours.

When I got out of the subway, I found An Chuyu and An Qingju at the Palais de Chaillot on the other side of the Seine River. I quickly jogged across the river. It was already half an hour later than the time An Chuyu and An Qingju had booked. I asked the staff and learned that there was a special elevator entrance for guests with reservations. I quickly ran over and opened my iPad to show my e-ticket. No problem, I was accepted. Oh yeah!

The line for reserved tickets was very short. However, it took a while to wait for the elevator, because there was only one elevator at each entrance, and you had to wait for the elevator to turn back before it could pick up passengers again. Riding in the huge transparent elevator, slowly rising to the heights of Paris in the wind and rain, the huge steel arms stretched out in front of you, it was still very shocking, and you could deeply experience the sense of power that the Industrial Revolution brought to people.

Standing on the Eiffel Tower and looking around, you can see more and richer things than standing on the Arc de Triomphe. Although it is a rainy day, the visibility is not bad, which does not reduce the tourists' interest in watching.

Comparing the surrounding buildings with the map is a great pleasure for An Chuyu and An Qingju. The picture on the upper left corner is the Seine River seen from the Eiffel Tower to the west and south, the picture on the right is the Palais de Chaillot, and the brown-red modern building on the right is the Guy Branly Museum (An Chuyu and An Qingju did not go there);

The second photo, taken vertically, is looking east from the Eiffel Tower, where you can see the golden-domed church of the Invalides; directly in front of the Eiffel Tower, to the southeast, is a very long Place de la Mars - this is the best place to view the Eiffel Tower while sitting on the grass.

After a renovation that is said to have lasted two years, the floor inside the second floor of the Eiffel Tower has been changed to a glass floor, so that visitors can stand on it and directly look at the people queuing on the ground. It is very exciting, but those who are afraid of heights should try it with caution.

One of the favorite picnic spots for Parisians is the Champ de Mars. The Champ de Mars is 780 meters long and more than 200 meters wide, all of which are carefully trimmed lawns, and visitors are allowed to sit and rest at will.

This is also the best place to take photos with the Eiffel Tower. It is said that this is also the place where fireworks are set off during major festivals. It's a pity that it rained today, otherwise it would be very pleasant to just lie here.

Almost everyone knows that the Eiffel Tower is a landmark building built by France for the World Expo (probably this is the tradition of the World Expo). This building that embodies the beauty of modern industry was generally not accepted by the romantic and sophisticated French at the time. Today, this iron guy is the most valuable building in France and even in the world.

The number of tourists who climb the tower every year is almost three times that of the number of tourists who visit Yellowstone National Park every year, not to mention the number of people who just stand below and watch without having the chance to climb. There are so many refrigerator magnets, key chains, notebooks, phone cases... If you go to Paris, you must draw the tower on the back!

So, even if you have seen countless imitations, you should still go and see the real thing. Over the past 100 years, this huge thing that was once regarded as a monster has become a part of France's "romantic refinement".

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

After leaving the Champ de Mars, the rain stopped. An Chuyu and An Qingju took the subway again and came to the Ile de la Cité. There were fewer people queuing at Notre Dame, but there were still many. They decided to look far away. They had seen many churches, and there would be opportunities in the future, so they would take their time to see them. Besides, the Notre Dame with a sea of ​​people was not the Notre Dame in the minds of An Chuyu and An Qingju.

In fact, there are many places to visit on the Île de la Cité besides Notre Dame de Paris, and the museum pass is valid. Attached is a map of the Île de la Cité. You can see that the Île de la Cité looks like a sweet potato, and there is a small island called Île Saint-Louis to its east.

The Notre Dame Cathedral, which took 182 years to build, is on the east side of the island, while to the west are the Paris Police Department, the Paris Supreme Court, the Tribunal and its affiliated prison, etc. The old blackened buildings.

Since An Chuyu and An Qingju were basically illiterate, they followed the signs on the map and entered the Paris Court, thinking it was also a "tourist attraction". The guard didn't say anything when they entered, but instructed An Chuyu and An Qingju to go through security check, thinking that it was normal for them to go through security check since they were visiting.

It was not until I walked along the wide classical corridors and saw many judges in black robes with wide sleeves (obviously not a TV drama) and bailiffs in uniform that I realized this was a real court!

This is really a place to do business, and you can see various lawsuit signs. There are probably many tourists who accidentally stumbled in like An Chuyu and An Qingju. Anyway, no one saw An Chuyu and An Qingju looking around and asked An Chuyu and An Qingju what they were doing.

Finally, An Chuyu and An Qingjue saw a documentary channel filming an interview in a hall; in the hall there was a judge hurrying to work with a pile of materials.

However, this building is obviously a historical site. Although it is still in use, all the decorations in the building try to ensure that the original style is not destroyed while meeting the requirements of modern office. Even the exposed wires on the walls are carefully laid using wire boxes in the same style as the building. If you don't look carefully, you can't tell. (To be continued...)