Day 6 - where it all began

Big boss and small boss is not around. The little monkey starts to come out to play.



The history of France started in the present-day Ile de la Cité, and that was where yan-dao and I chose to explore on Sunday.

There are 3 main buildings to visit on the island itself - Sainte Chapelle, Conciergerie and Cathedrale de Notre Dame. Though all are constructed within the small island, it took us a whole day to visit all of them.

These buildings have centuries of history inside them. It's hard to believe something so ancient is still around (with some restoration work done on it of course) and I'm standing right in the heart of it. Most of them are impressively huge (and disappointly empty) structures. Huge because of the purpose for which they're built, empty because time and war wrecked almost everything.

It's hard to imagine how visiting 3 buildings on a little island can take up the entire day, but you'll understand when you're visiting them yourself. I don't think I'm going to upload photos into my blog, because the whole process is too time consuming.