Musée du Louvre. Designed by Ieoh Ming Pei, Châteaux du Louvre is one of the must-see destinations in Paris. I expected to visit the famous museum not because of the precious collections that exhibit here. Before I read The Da Vinci Code,  the only artwork I know is Mona Lisa and might didn't where Louvre is. I was excited being here because I can finally stand under the pyramid and follow the pace of Robert Langdon. But I had not finish the novel, nor did I watch the movie, so I didn't know what the specialty of this upside-down pyramid until the guide told us that.

Just like Tour Eiffel, Louvre faced many criticisms after it was built in 1989, but they also attract so many tourists every year.

It seemed so crowed when we entered Denon section, and, just liked yesterday, the guide provided us earphones. The radio was occasionally interrupted by some strange voice because there were many other group using similar devices.

Taking photograph is prohibited in most of the rooms, hence, in some specific places, it was inevitable that people accumulated and take a commemorative shot.

We finish our visit at about 12:00 and we had 30 minutes for free visit. However, Fey seemed no intention of leading us go outside the pyramid, so I sneaked out the entrance alone. It was really a wonderful day compared to the condition of the day before.

Several Solders holding machine guns patrolled in the square. Tourists were queuing in front of the entry (on the back of the pictures), because they must take a security check to go inside the museum.

This was the same Chinese restaurant of the first day in Paris. This time, the serve was rapid that gave me time to take a photo before the dishes were wiped out.

In the afternoon, we went to Montmartre, at the north part of Paris city.

Fey said that the order is not very well in this region, and warned us to take care of personal properties.

But it looked quite peace and lovely under the warmth of shine, and a lively small market was hidden behind the serenity of Le Sacré-Coeur, waiting us to explore.

One of our members, Amanda, was having an exaggerated portrait at Place du Tertre (Village of painters), one of the the features in Montmartre.

One and half hour to kill here. After buying some postcards and having an ice cream, I followed other route back to the front of Le Sacré-Coeur.

Instead of the bustle at Place du Tertre, it was quiet here, seemed like a residential area.

With the geographic ascendancy, just facing south, we could see the Paris city spread in front of us. In the left, stood the highest building of this region, Grande Arche. (watch the video)

Bistro Romain was where we had our dinner. Thought the antipasto was one of my least favorite foods, tomatoes, the main course and dessert were wonderful. After the dinner, we were going to start the "night tour" in Paris. Actually, it was a little bit like an afternoon tour at first, because the sky was still bright (even though it was already 8:00pm.)

The first stop was Tour Eiffel, and we would take the elevator to the second floor. Without waiting, we had privilege for group. Marching through the crowds, we step inside the two-leveled elevator, and in just about one minute, we were on Tour Eiffel.

A view of Jardin du Champ de Mars from Tour Eiffel. There are three floors in Eiffel tower, but we didn't go up to the third floor because it took extra fee and we had to save the time for other spots. In 9:00, 10:00, and 11:00pm, the tower will be illuminated by hundreds of lamps attached on it, lasting about 5 minutes.  We would enjoy the illumination on the tower at 9:00, and returned here at 11:00pm to savor the scenery when the sky was dark.

Unfortunately, the schedule was not going smoothly as we expected. After descending the stairs to the ground, most members were waiting in the bus except for two people. 15 minutes had elapsed, the German driver grumbling on the pavement outside the bus, Fey anxiously searching the missing members. Every passing minute might cause another cancellation of a scenic spot. It turn out that the two people got lost when they tried to find the bus.

Chasing with time would only produce lots of awful photos. We hurried to several places that we had visited at daytime: Place de la Concorde, Opéra National de Paris, Place Vendome, Musée Nat du Louvre. The time was 10:35pm.

We got back at Place de Fontenoy in time, holding up our digital camera, waiting for the breath-taking moment as the watch approached 11:00pm. When the lamps shot out the light, it was also the time we got to say goodbye to the night of Paris. (watch the video)