Celebrity Sightings at Notre Dame and the Louvre

The Latin Quarter in Paris left quite the impression last night so we decided to go back for lunch! Well, mainly Matt was eyeing the baguette sandwiches since before dinner last night so we decided to fill his urge!

The sandwiches, you can find them all over Paris, were delicious! I ordered the Parisian Hot Dog!

This was then followed by an endless walk towards Notre Dame. The reason for it being endless was because I was completely disoriented by all the alleys and side streets!!

The Notre Dame was quite the sight! The only thing that was missing was seeing Quasimodo swinging on the bells!

Crossing the bridge to head towards the front entrance of the church someone caught my eyes. From the back I noticed the guy in front of me with really white hair under his cap. When he spoke, to two Spanish ladies, he said "sorry I am already running late" I realized I was standing next to Mr CNN! 


Long behold, Mr Anderson Cooper in the flesh standing in front of me! He turned towards me and before I could say a word he walked across the street to meet up with his important people.

It was really too bad that the flirty Spanish ladies annoyed him or else I would have totally said something to him! Ugh clearly these ladies are not up to date with their current events! GAY!

Anyhow, I managed to somehow pull myself together after that little run in with Andy, we proceeded to line up to enter the church.

Notre Dame from the outside is quite impressive, but the inside, even more amazing!

The stained windows, the columns, the history! It was something else to be inside this monument. Of course, taking some time, I light a candle to honour my grandma, for being the strong woman she was, and to remind her that I still think about her.

Now the frustrating thing about Paris is that the metro is tough to find!! Once we exited the church the rain came down on us! It took us 30 minutes to find a station even though there were probably 4 nearby! Don't ask, was one of those days!

The next day we were met with better weather and also, Bastille Day! The plan was to visit the Louvre and when we got there we learned that it was free admission!

The museum definitely lived up to its reputation! All the artwork that tells stories of the past. For those people that complained about how small the Mona Lisa is, I was definitely surprised and how much bigger it was. I guess this was a classic under promised and over delivered situation!

Now even thought the painting was bigger than expected, I was however not expecting the amount of people crowding to take a picture with this picture! Having been brought up in Asia, I was able to push my way through hundreds of people, and this is the result: me and the most famous Drag Queen Leonardo.

What I don't understand about crowds is that if you make your way to the front, you had to fight through a few people. And on your way back out from the front, you're surprised there are people pushing you?!?!?! Seriously?!? Ugh!

The other highlight from the museum was the remake of Napoleon's Apartment. Now I can't imagine it being anything like Versailles, but the extravagance of the model left me in awe!

Oh, left out another run in! Ivanca Trump with her husband, child and of course nanny! I was walking along and saw a nicely dressed woman and thought she's really pretty, and then thought .. Wait I know her! She was very stunning in person!

The day ended after walking for a good 8 hours.

If I don't loose weight on this trip I swear I'm gonna .....