Flamboyant Paris

Paris 15/4-19/4/2017

It is an interesting thing that when I told my French classmate, saying I had a short stay in Paris last night, she directly replied that, ‘I always wonder what people can do in Paris for 3 days?’  

巴黎

這是一件有趣的事情，當我告訴我的法國同學，說我昨天晚上在巴黎逗留了3天，她直接回答說：“我總是想知道在巴黎3天能做什麼？

Paris has been praised as the cultural centre of Europe, also is a city where many couples regard it as a honeymoon place. What makes it so appealing? For me, Paris is like a lady with multi-facets, and a noble prince sometimes with a playboy’s features. Although Paris has many historic buildings, she is active and chic. 

巴黎被譽為歐洲的文化中心，也是許多夫婦認為是蜜月之地的城市。什麼使它如此吸引人？對我來說，巴黎就像一個多面的女士，有一個高貴的王子，有時是花花公子的特色。雖然巴黎有許多歷史建築，但她活躍而別緻。

I live in the 9th area, which quite near to the city centre where have many famous attractions. Therefore, I just took a walk along the street or took the metro every day to observe a daily life in Paris.   

我住在第九區，這個地方相當靠近有許多著名景點的市中心。因此，我只是沿著街道散步，或者每天坐地鐵觀看巴黎的日常生活。

Culture and history

Being a museum and movie fan, visiting the Louvre Museum, one of the most greatest museums in the world, has achieved my higher goal.

文化與歷史
作為博物館和電影迷，參觀了世界上最偉大的博物館之一的盧浮宮博物館，達到更高的境界。

About the story from the novel plus the movie ‘The Da Vinci Code’, and the mystery of Mona Lisa’s smile now finally appeared in my eyes! I actually told myself, ‘I can die now’ when I entered the Louvre, although Mona Lisa’s picture is quite small hanging on the wall, every visitor is keen to take a photo of her. 

關於小說的故事加上電影“達芬奇密碼”，以及蒙娜麗莎的笑容的奧秘終於出現在我的眼前！實際上，當我進入盧浮宮時，我真的告訴自己，“我現在可以死了”，雖然Mona Lisa的照片很小，掛在牆上，可是每個訪客都渴望拍攝她的照片。

林布蘭大師力作Rembrandt's work 

Glamour and Flamboyance

Place de la Bastille, Palais Royal, Jardin des Tuileries, Saint-Michel-Notre Dame tell you the past of France.

魅力和華麗

巴士底廣場，皇家宮殿，杜伊勒里花園，聖米歇爾 - 聖母院及紅磨坊等告訴你法國的過去就有的輝煌。

While Galeries Lafayette Haussmann is not so huge as I think. 

不過知名的老佛爺百貨公司沒有我想像中大。

All the glamour are along the river Seine, where love is telling its story and the lovers’ promise been locked on the bridge. 

所有的魅力都沿著塞納河，愛情告訴它的故事，戀人的承諾被鎖在橋上。

The City Icon: the Eiffel Tower

Every night on the hour, there is lighting show of the Eiffel Tower. It is the moment attracting everyone’s eyes in the big city. It is the moment everyone trying to seize for the eternity.

城市圖標：艾菲爾鐵塔

每小時的夜晚，都有埃菲爾鐵塔的燈光秀。這是在大城市吸引大家眼球的時刻。正是每個人都試圖抓住永恆的時刻。

Designed Architecture: Rambuteau   

設計建築：Rambuteau龐畢度藝術中心

Simplicity and Ease

I did not especially eat a formal French cuisine, but Paris is full of street food, café, convenient stores, and restaurants. Macaron, roast spring chicken, baguette and Indian migrants’ kebab are everywhere. Surprisingly, there are many street vendors in some areas and extend quite a long distance. 

簡單平易

我沒有特別吃正式的法國菜，但巴黎充滿了街頭食物，咖啡廳，便利店和餐館。馬卡龍，烤雞肉，長棍麵包和印度移民的烤肉串無處不在。令人驚訝的是，在一些地區有很多街頭攤販，延長了很長的路程。

Art and Fashion

No wonder, the French love their country so much, le drapeau tricolore（「三色旗」）presents the colours they like and presents in costumes.

藝術與時尚

不用懷疑, 法國人是很愛國的，他們的國旗“三色旗”，是他們喜歡的顏色，並表現在服飾上。

Mixed and Complexity

As many international city, part of Paris is mixed with different race, colour, culture and art, classic palaces and modern styled buildings can coexist in a given place with noble and mundane lifestyles. 

混合和復雜

像許多國際城市一樣，巴黎的一部分與不同的種族，膚色，文化和藝術混合在一起。經典宮殿和現代風格的建築物可以在一個給定的地方與高貴和平凡的生活方式共存。

 It is hard to express the whole picture of Paris in a short article because its beauty is as Mona Lisa’s smile, hinding something under her expression. Sometimes I found that something nasty in some places under its glamour outsides.   

很難在1篇短文中表達巴黎的整個畫面，因為它的美麗是蒙娜麗莎的笑容，在她的表情下隱藏著一些東西。有些地方在光鮮外表下有著污垢面。