Today is the second day of activating the museum card. Yunluo and Yan Chenyu planned their itinerary early and made a sequential tour of Notre Dame de Paris - Louvre Museum - Place de la Concorde - Champs Elysees - Arc de Triomphe.

As soon as I got out of the subway, I looked up and saw Notre Dame de Paris. It looked delicate and elegant, but not as tall as I imagined. It was not until I went in that I realized there was something else. It turned out that the Notre Dame seen from the front was equivalent to a foyer (a pair of bell towers), and the buildings behind extended very deep into it.

I have never liked Gothic architecture. I always feel that it gives people a feeling of white bones, and its name itself also carries discriminatory connotations (vulgar, barbaric).

It is not as majestic and elegant as ancient Greek architecture, nor as romantic and magical as Byzantine architecture. But when Yunluo entered the interior of the church, he had to admit that the architectural art combined with the lighting art and music had a great influence on the soul, and he had to admit that Gothic was indeed the most suitable architectural style for the church.

The overall style characteristics of Gothic architecture are: ethereal, slender, tall and sharp. The ethereal artistic conception and vertical upward form are the most accurate expression of the connotation of Christian spirit.

All the walls are unified by vertical lines, and all the shaped parts and decorative details are composed of pointed arches, pointed vaults and pointed tops. All the arches are pointed, tall, straight, ethereal and illusory, as if pointing directly to the sky, inspiring people to escape from this miserable and sin-filled world and rush to the "paradise of heaven".

Entering the interior of the church, countless vertical lines attract people to look up, and all the towers, buttresses and walls are crowned with small spires that pierce the sky. The arches tens of meters high are vague and glittering in the dim light. With religious reverie, it seems that there is heaven above, and the church has become a place to "talk with God."

Even if Yunluo does not believe in Christianity, even if he is a restless or even sinful person, when he comes here, he will naturally feel a kind of reverence, his mind will return to peace, and he will not help but start to reflect on himself.

The main hall of Notre Dame is free to visit, and the museum card includes the tower, but the queue outside the tower has stretched for hundreds of meters. Yunluo and Yan Chenyu, who are pressed for time, can only retreat. When they are about to leave, they suddenly find that the queue is looking at Yunluo with strange eyes, and Yunluo is puzzled.

Suddenly, he felt his shoulders tighten - could it be that someone was committing a crime in broad daylight? Yun Luo couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and timidly turned around, only to see a terrifying face behind him. He was so scared that he jumped 3 meters away as if he had been electrocuted, and everyone laughed. The "weirdo" spread his hands innocently and apologized to Yun Luo.

It turned out that this person had been playing such pranks on the girl in the crowd. I don't know whether it was the management's way of relieving the boredom and anxiety of the queue or someone just liked to perform this good-natured prank, but it did bring a lot of entertainment and coolness to the hot waiting. It was a really memorable episode.

Yunluo and Yan Chenyu walked all the way from Notre Dame to the Louvre, but their purpose was to see the famous second-hand book stalls on the banks of the Seine. This is a miniature of old Paris, with all kinds of illustrated magazines, albums, and badges mixed together. If you have time to appreciate them carefully and are knowledgeable, you may find treasures that will delight you.

It is said that to enjoy Paris, one should not just visit various attractions and museums. To experience the real Paris, one should spend an afternoon sipping coffee in an artist's café, stroll hand in hand with his lover along the Seine River, browse the old book stalls to find unexpected surprises, or savor an authentic French meal in a cozy Michelin restaurant.

But Yunluo and Yan Chenyu are not blessed with such a life, so they can only eat fast food in Paris! The Louvre is one of the oldest, largest and most famous museums in the world, and is also the oldest royal palace in French history. Located on the north bank (right bank) of the Seine River in the center of Paris, France, it was built in 1204. After more than 800 years of expansion and reconstruction, it has reached its current size.

Although both the Louvre and Versailles are French royal palaces, the Louvre is more orthodox and grand in appearance and layout. It must be said that after visiting the Louvre, the stunning artworks displayed in the Palace of Versailles pale in comparison. Currently, the Louvre Palace has a total collection of more than 400,000 art treasures from all over the world. Whether in terms of quantity, preciousness or artistry, it is second to none.

Dazzling and breathtaking. Napoleon continued to expand and dominate Europe, so thousands of tons of art were transported to Paris from palaces, libraries and churches in all conquered countries. War means cruelty and destruction, but because of the leader's whim (although perhaps just selfish desire), so many fine works were preserved and gathered.

Yunluo and Yan Chenyu can share the culture of different places in one hall in the shortest time, which shows that the so-called right and wrong are really contradictory. Someone calculated that even if each collection is only viewed for one second, it would take a month to view the collections in the entire art hall. When Yunluo and Yan Chenyu asked at the general information desk.

A Frenchman pointed out to Yunluo and Yan Chenyu in authentic Chinese that the three treasures were over there. Yunluo and Yan Chenyu were inevitably depressed, wondering if he was so perfunctory to tourists from other countries. Did Yunluo and Yan Chenyu only want to see the three treasures? But this depression soon dissipated, because Yunluo and Yan Chenyu soon found that they could not really appreciate every piece of art.

Even if they were interested in something, they would at least spend a few days looking at it. So many random pieces of art that were worth studying for half a day in art class flew by quickly as Yun Luo and Yan Chenyu hurriedly walked. Yun Luo and Yan Chenyu felt guilty but had no choice but to go straight to Sanbao.

From the Louvre to the Place de la Concorde to the Champs-Elysees and then to the Arc de Triomphe, Yunluo walked all the way, exhausted but steady. The Champs-Elysees was a little disappointing to Yunluo, as it was not as grand and prosperous as he had imagined. The LV headquarters was crowded with Chinese people. Yunluo could not accept a bag that cost 10,000 yuan, so he left with Xiaobai, who was gloating over his misfortune.

It is worth mentioning that leondebruxelles (Belgian blue mussels) are cheap but of very good quality. Highly recommended! It takes about 30 minutes to walk from Notre Dame to the Louvre. Although it looks very close on the map, Yunluo still recommends taking the subway. Save more energy for the art.

2. After two days of observation, Yunluo found that Greeks were more enthusiastic than French. In Greece, couples could be seen everywhere kissing each other all the time, making smacking sounds, whereas in Paris, perhaps due to the weather, it was less common to see couples kissing each other.

Unfortunately, Yunluo and Yan Chenyu mustered up their courage but still didn't have the guts to follow suit. To them, this was a common way of expressing love but they still felt awkward trying to do it.

3. The Louvre does not have a Chinese guide (there are Japanese ones), which seems to be a bit of a bully. Just looking at the artworks without knowing their origins does lose a lot of meaning, so it is very necessary to buy a guide to the paintings in the Louvre.

The flight was at 20:00, so today was for shopping. Yunluo and Yan Chenyu followed the introduction in Wu Rui's Paris Guide in the forum, walked around Galeries Lafayette and went straight to Parislook duty-free shop, but after searching for a long time, they found that the shop had closed down (could it be due to the economic crisis), so Yunluo and Yan Chenyu hurried to Kam's duty-free shop and found it.

The duty free shop is so small. There are many similar small duty free shops around. Marionnaud (the largest shareholder, with a wide distribution and more promotions) is recommended, but the store is not big either, probably about the same size as Sasa. I have to say, if you want to talk about shopping paradise, it has to be this one.

Paris is the place where several top brands are available quickly and cheaply, but other things are really disappointing. After all, it is not cost-effective to use socialist money for capitalist use.

After spending a few days in Paris, I have to talk about my impression of Parisians. Generally speaking, white people in Paris are enthusiastic, expressive, well-educated, helpful, humorous, generous, and gentlemanly. However, black people in Paris always have a kind of hatred, indifference, and resistance caused by grievances on their faces, which makes people feel very alert. They are black in nature, and their faces are also black.

As if someone owed him 200 yuan. Although the slaves are now freed, their social status is still different, which has caused their repressive personalities. Before the trip, many people reminded Yunluo that Sino-French relations are tense and to be careful about Yunluo and Yan Chenyu's safety. But Yunluo felt that he didn't feel too much hostility when he went deep into their busy streets.

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

I don't feel that I am that different from them. Of course, they may have discrimination and objections in their hearts, but they will not show it because of their upbringing and professional ethics.

In general, the differences in political regimes and ideologies are ultimately controlled by those in power. Except for a few radical elements, ordinary people are always kind. The more peaceful and comfortable people live, the less they care about so-called international relations and disputes. Who would be willing to cause trouble and disrupt a peaceful and stable life to make things difficult for themselves?

The discount coupons of Galeries Lafayette have been distributed to hotels and cannot be obtained at the front desk. Discount coupons can be obtained at Printemps Department Store by presenting passports, but perhaps due to language barriers, Yunluo and Yan Chenyu were ultimately unable to use them successfully.

After applying for a cash refund guaranteed by a credit card at the mall (the discount is 1-2 percentage points less), you still need to take the relevant documents to the airport for stamping and mailing it back. I didn't check the goods carefully at the airport, but it is recommended that you don't open them before stamping.

There are many duty-free shops outside the airport security checkpoint at Charles de Gaulle, with a wide variety of products and reasonable prices. But Yunluo and Yan Chenyu didn't know that, and thought that duty-free shopping was only available after security checkpoints (Yunluo remembered that this was the case in China). There were also a few duty-free shopping points at the boarding gate, and discounts were available when using UnionPay cards to pay a certain amount.

The waiters in the Paris mall are very dedicated. They only provide one-on-one service. When he is greeting the previous customer, no matter how anxious you ask him or her, he will not let go of the previous customer, even if he or she will lose the new customer.

There is a great fast food restaurant downstairs in the Printemps department store. The various salads there are very rich and delicious, and the price is cheap. It is a good choice for people who are in a hurry to go shopping and just want a simple meal. (To be continued...)