Although I’ve heard a lot of bad things about Paris, I found it absolutely wonderful. The streets are charming.

Streets

Now, to the main landmarks.

Pantheon

Eiffel Tower

I went up to the second floor of the Eiffel tower by stairs, spotted the iconic San Coeur Basilica on the Montmartre hill and noticed how fabulous the modernist Russian Orthodox Cathedral is.

View from Eiffel Tower

I visited the Louvre. Although I’ve heard this point before, but the Mona Lisa was still smaller than I expected.

Louvre

After the Louvre, I visited a more artsy museum.

59 Rivoli

I met an English girl there who said that Paris is similar to London, but more stylish and Gothic. I believe her.

Siene

Park

On another day, I headed to the chinatown.

Not sure what this is about

The chinatown is a proper one, looks just like China.

Chinatown

There’s a buddhist temple in an underground parking lot. You won’t find it even on atlas obscura.

Underground buddhist temple

I’ve used mostly bikes to travel around the city, but sometimes I took the metro.

Gothic metro entrance

The fruit stall in front of the turnstiles is a brilliant idea.

Fruit stall

There is not much variety in the metro. It’s not pretty, but stylish.

Typical station

I encountered an interesting metro exit: on the left is Maxim Gorky Boulevard, and on the right is Stalingrad Avenue.

Metro exit

Montmartre is very crowded.

Montmartre hill

On my final night I went to an IC3PEAK concert. Actually, I planned the dates of this trip in order to visit it. It was energetic, fun and orthodox. I was surprised how many French people knew about the band and came there.

IC3PEAK

At the concert I met a person who had the same name as my sister, which had never happened before (it’s not a very common French name). We drank a lot of red wine and ate fried chicken after the event.

After three days in Paris, it’s time to leave for Lyon. I officially transfer the worst bus station title to Paris from Milan, which received it from Novorossiysk. The entrance even requires big red arrows, because nobody would believe that this is the entrance.

Bus station