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The palace of Versailles is so large that it takes a few hours to get from one end to another. Looking at the size of the garden, the waterfalls and the sculptures you can only imagine how ostentatious the lives of french royalty must have been. No wonder the people of France revolted. I can imagine a Marie Antoinette eating cakes while the peasants starved. The ostentatiousness is mind boggling.
So the day after the attack on soldiers, we left our houseboat, unsure what would happen next. Several tourists left because they felt there was an issue with safety. We heard about it but both of us didn’t once speak about leaving. It didn’t seem right to leave like that under threat. Every person we met expressed sadness on the deaths. They knew there would be repercussions. The boat ride was one of the most beautiful things we had ever experienced. We travelled past jewelry and handicraft sellers in pretty boats. We were the only tourists interacting with them that morning. As we passed the marvellous flower seller in that beautiful scenic Nagin lake, the deaths of the previous night seemed so far away. We got down at the jetty turned around to see a slogan praising a local terrorist. The night before we had visited Hazratbal shrine where seeing me quitely sitting in a corner a man offered to show me around. We then had no idea that a terrorist attack had just happened an hour before. Our phone networks were not working. Having worked here before, I knew tourists were safe. We had a Kashmiri Wazwaan dinner and actually reached the boat at half past nine. There were cancellations so we had the boat to ourselves. The caretaker then told us what had happened. It was surreal. Kashmir is unreal and sometimes surreal.
Annecy is a small little town near the French alps close to MonteBlanc which reminded us of Switzerland with beautiful mountains and a clear lake. Along the banks of the lake are these beautiful chalets and a castle which gives an amazing view. You can hire a small boat, bicycle or take a cruise along the lake. It’s beautiful.
Pont de bir is the iconic bridge where many a spy thriller and every second movie based in Paris is shot. What is interesting about the bridge is that it provides one of the best views of the Eiffel. Remember 7 years back getting a shot of the lights twinkling there at very high exposure and it looked beautiful. When we visited then, we never knew when next or whether at all we would come back being that far away. Now we are close and the pandemic still doesn’t allow us to visit place like we would like to. You never know what the world has in store for you. Love each day like it would be your first. Wide eyed like a kid catching a glimpse of a colourful balloon. Enjoy whatever is it that you have access too. Life’s too short, let’s enjoy what we have! Btw the statue on the bridge at this angle reminded me of don Quixote tilting at windmills. Beautiful isn’t it!
In front of the Eiffel, towards the right away from the tourists is a little park where locals can be seen exercising or lazing around. Since it is summer when we visited, we too lay down and watched the tower change colours in the twilight. From this weird angle it’s impossible to capture the entire tower in a single frame but we tried because we had nothing else to do.
Arc de triomphe honours the people who died in the French Revolution and Napoleonic wars. I was expecting a building more in the scale of arches or monuments in other countries. But as you come close you realise the building is absolutely massive. People standing on the top look like tiny ants. We were lucky to visit on the day the streets were closed and there were fewer tourists courtesy Corona and it being very early in the morning. We walked on the main road stopping every few minutes to catch a glimpse of the building. Personally I’ve never been a fan of vanity projects but do enjoy the ones already built :)

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