Buses tour
parts of Paris/Carlos Pueblo
I ran into a
rainy day on my second attempt to visit the Chateau Versailles.
After struggling so much on the unfamiliar
streets, I managed to reach a
bus stop in
between Porte du Garigliano and Balard stations next to the
famous
European Hospital of George Pompidou’ famous for the artificial
heart
installation. I was not aware of all of the significance then until now
with the
help of Paris map and Google search. The bus stop was on a street
side of a
small park and the kind driver was on his break. He invited me to
take his bus
for the next ride to a regional transit center to catch on another
bus to the
Chateau. This young driver speak fluent English, lucky me. It is
Route 169
going through several places where I was at the station of Porte
de Versailles
on my first attempt to the Chateau. He took me pass a pretty
township of
Clamart with a famous Percy Army Hospital and showed me
several
luxury residential areas. I believe those are the residence of the
physicians
who cannot live far away as in the case of medical center in Houston.
French
residents decorate their front yards with varies kinds of flowers which
make the
area very elegant indeed.
This kind
young driver took me inside the drivers’ break office for a cup of coffee.
It was still
raining hard and I decided to take his bus back to the starting point of
stop. He
recommended me take Route 72 for a tour of Seine River, later I read
the map
which covers most of the famous scenery points of Paris, like Chaillot
Palace,
Effel Tower, Army Museum, Ecole Academy, Grand and Petit Palace etc.,
final stop
is the Concorde Square then you can walk to the Champs-Elysees Avenue
and moving
on.
In order to
avoid the raining, I took another bus, Route 24, to keep on circling Paris.
The route
passes through Republic, Nation, Bastille, and Bercy, yet I had had enough
buses for
one day and stopped at the Metro Lyon Station and took the subway back.
Next time
when I visit Paris, I know how to plan my trip in the city more effectively
by taking
buses.
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