Pantheon 萬神廟

Pantheon with French Flags

The 3rd day and also a very important day to French people, 14th of July, their National Day. Peggy and I could not make the morning parade; however, we determine to make it for the firework later tonight. We went to several places before queuing and waiting for the firework, such as Pantheon (again!!!), Hotel des Invalides, Musee Rodin and Arc de Triomphe which we did not make it last night.
來到法國的第三天,剛好是7月14日,是法國重要的國慶日.Peggy和我本想趕去看在香榭大道上的國慶閱兵,只可惜離不開周公的懷抱,所以,就這樣錯過了. 不過,我們倆堅持一定要去看今晚在艾菲爾鐵塔附近的煙火表演.在看煙火之前,我們還是去了不少地方,像萬神廟,傷兵院,羅丹美術館和昨天沒去成的凱旋門.

Pantheon, as I mentioned earlier on that we went more than twice but still did not have the chance to climb up to its tower to have another better angle of seeing Paris. Pantheon nowadays has become honours of the temple for great men of the modern nation. Victor Hugo, Emile Zola, Marguerit Voltaire, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were buried here.
就像我之前說過的,我們來萬神廟不只兩次卻還是無緣爬上塔頂從另一個角度看巴黎啦!現今的萬神廟是用來紀念和安置國家重要人物的先賢祠.像是法國大文豪雨果,左拉,伏爾泰和盧騷等偉人都住在這裡.

Hotel des Invalides 傷兵院

Eglise du Dome.

Hotel des Invalides is Army Museum where exhibited the weapons, emblems and uniforms from 1650 to 1945. Apart from that, the more attractive stuff may be Eglise du Dome (Napoleon’s Tomb). Napoleon’s body was transferred from the island of St. Helena to Paris in 1840. And Eglise du Dome was chosen to house his tomb. Here, you could be able to know Napoleon’s military achievements and his status in French History.
傷兵院其實是軍隊博物館,展示了從1650年到1945年的武器,軍事象徵和軍服.除此之外,更吸引人的或是拿破崙的墓吧!拿破崙的遺體在1840年時從聖赫勒娜島移到巴黎.而Eglise du Dome被選為安置他遺體的地方.在這裡,你可以了解拿破崙在軍事上的成就還有他在法國歷史上的地位.

Musee Rodin 羅丹美術館

Being a Thinker..

Musee Rodin is not too far away from Hotel des Invalides so that we walked to enter another world of ART. Rodin’s major and famous works, such as: the Thinker, the Gates of Hell and Balzac are displayed in the garden. However, there are nearly 500 of Rodin’s sculptures are shown to the public inside the museum. Rodin’s works are focus on catching the feeling, the movement of that particular moment which made his work unique. Take a clearly look at the Thinker and you will notice his careful but powerful work which showed the spirit of the sculptures.
羅丹美術館離傷兵院並不遠,所以我們就徒步進入另一個藝術的世界.羅丹的主要且有名的大作像沉思者,地獄門和巴爾札克都被展示在花園裡.然而,他其他近500個雕塑品都可以在室內博物館裡欣賞到. 羅丹的作品之所以獨特在於他們著重在傳達情感和補捉剎那的動態.仔細看看沉思者這個作品,你會發現他細心且有力的勾勒出沉思的神情.

14th of July in Paris

Firework on Toue Eiffel...

Yeah!! Time for firework!! I love to watch fireworks so much and I would not miss the any chances of watching it. I watched summer firework in Yokohama last year and of course, I won’t miss the firework here in Paris this year. We went to find a good spot for enjoying the firework around 930 that night. We already could feel the happy and exciting atmosphere from the crowds when we walked off the metro. We thought that we could be able to get a good spot near the Tour Eiffel, however, the crowds were already occupied all the great spots around Tour Eiffel. We walked along the river and found the nice view by the riverbank afterwards. From where we were, we could see the metro/trains passed by Tour Eiffel and also the Tour Eiffel’s reflection in the river. The main roads toward Tour Eiffel were blocked and only pedestrians were allowed to walk through. We saw a lot of French people were sitting in the middle of the roads with wines, foods and games. What a Party!!
哈!哈!看煙火的時間到囉!我一直很喜歡看煙火,而且我不輕易放棄任何可以看煙火的機會.去年,我在橫濱看夏日煙火,今年,我當然更不能錯過巴黎的國慶煙火.Peggy和我在晚上9點30分左右到達艾菲爾鐵塔附近,準備找個好位置來欣賞煙火.我們早在出地鐵站的時候就可以感受到群眾的歡樂和興奮氣氛.我們以為可以在艾菲爾鐵塔附近找個好位置,可是,所有的好位置早就被佔光了.不過,上帝還是眷顧我們的!!我們還是在離艾菲爾鐵塔不遠的河岸邊找到視野不錯的位置.從那裡,我們可以清楚看到地鐵和火車駛過艾菲爾鐵塔和艾菲爾鐵塔在水中的倒影.所有通往艾菲爾鐵塔的道路都被管制了,只有行人可以自由進出.我們看到許多法國人坐在馬路中間,享受他們帶來的食物,酒和遊戲.多開心的Party!!

After waiting for quite a while, finally….we heard some sounds from far away and then we saw the fireworks over the Tour Eiffel. Tour Eiffel is very beautiful at nights; however, it looks much more beautiful and attractive with fireworks to me. Colourful fireworks and blinking lightings dressed the Tour Eiffel much more appealing to crowds. The beauty of firework would not last long and I believe that is why I love enjoying firework so much because you must concentrate on catching it as much as you could. In addition, I would be able to cherish the very moment when the fireworks were displayed. It is just like everything must have the end, however, as long as you ever work hard, ever possess, ever blossom—that is eternity.
就在我們等的有點不耐煩之際,終於…從遠方傳來一些聲音,然後我們看到在艾菲爾鐵塔上方天空的五彩煙火.夜晚的艾菲爾鐵塔很美,很迷人.但是,對我來說,在煙火的襯托下的艾菲爾鐵塔是更漂亮,更吸引人的.美麗的煙火總是短暫的,而我相信那也是為什麼我喜歡看煙火的原因.因為你會因此而努力捉住剎那的絢爛並珍惜每一個煙火綻放的瞬間.就像所有的一切都會有消失的一刻,只要曾經認真,曾經美麗,曾經擁有---就是永恆.