Today we gathered at 11:00 a.m. and took the bus to Paris, which was the last destination of our trip. After taking the courses in Prague, I know that Belgium, Germany and France had joined the Schengen system. Therefore, there was no customs on the barrier among Belgium, Germany and France, so I don’t know where is the barrier among these countries, we could only know which countries we are by looking at the street marker.
In the afternoon, we stop at a filling and we had our lunch at the restaurant nearby. Because we were inside the France now, the staffs don’t know English, so I faced some difficulties in ordering food. Fortunately, Christy, my classmate, knew French. Therefore, I could order the food with her help. I had ordered steak and fries, but the taste was just acceptable.
Then, we kept on out travel; our next stop was Versailles Palace. When we arrived there, it was 4:00 p.m. and we needed to gather again at 6:00 p.m. We got only 2 hours to visit, Dr. Cristaudo recommended us to visit the garden of the Versailles, because it was very special. However, some of us really wanted to go inside the Palace, so we bought the tickets and got inside. Because the short of time, we walk very fast and not look in the things in details. But the ‘mirror corridor’ inside it was really amazing, when you walk on this corridor, you can feel how luxury was the life style of the nobles in the past. After visiting the Palace, we still got some time left, so we went to the garden. The garden was very big, the lake was very special, it looks like several ‘+’ shape joining together. The trees on the two sides of the river were looks in identical, how could the people do those? When we tried to walk to the lake, the staff blocked us and told us to leave, because the garden was going to close. Therefore, we leave and went back to the bus. When I got on the car, I saw a black man and stand in front of the other door of our bus. At first, I think this black man was a theft and he tried to steal our things. Later, I discovered that he was just a hawker, not theft. Originally, I had not planned to buy things from him, but when I heard that he use Cantonese to say the price of the product, then I bought some key hooker from him. When our bus left, I could see many black man-selling souvenirs in the parking place. My friend had told me that there were many black people in France, because France had many colonies in Africa.
After leaving the luggage in our room, Karin, Beatrice, Eva, Jeff, Benson, Michael and I planned to go to Tour Eiffel. We went to a restaurant to have our dinner first. Then, we went to the metro station and tried to take the metro to the Tour Eiffel. After buying the ticket, Michael opened his bag and said that his digital camera was not here. Then, he said that he seemed left it in the restaurant, so he went back to the restaurant to find it, but he couldn’t find it at last. Then, we went to the police office with him. However, we did not know where was the police office. Then, on the way, we ask about ten people and finally we could arrive the police office. I was surprised that nearly all the people we asked knowing how to speak English, because I also heard from my friends that French people do not speak English even they know it. In the police station, we told the police that Michael’s camera was stolen, but the police seemed thinking it was natural. So, I think there was many similar things happened in Paris. Then, they asked Michael to fill in a form, which have many question about this event. After filling the form, the police asked Michael to sign the name and then all the procedure was finished. Then, we went back to the dorm. Before seeing the beautiful side of Paris, we first see the dark side of it!
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