This morning we tried to get a better start to the day... we were up and going by 9:30am. We are soooo French !!!
Our first stop today was the Louvre. We saw Mona, and some other painting in the same room which was the biggest in the house. Viewed a bunch of half broken statues, piles of family jewelry that was really old, and saw furniture that belonged to Napolean. One note, we think we solved the Da Vinci code.... One item of interest was the special security gates that came down suddenly.
Good thing we picked up what we wanted before they emptied out half the place for some security issue.
Then it was off to test Michelle again... the great Notre Dame Cathedral. But before we could attempt this great church and its towers... the usual - baguette and wine...
And again we climbed. This time the tight turret staircase seemed to go on and on - almost 400 steps up and up - nearly killed me. But when we got to the top, the height nearly killed Michelle. The view was awesome. To prove it, I even got a picture of Michelle with the great bell high up in the bell tower. Her smile was a little forced.... to say the least. ( I think the wine helped)
From the roof... yes Michelle did venture out on the roof again... you come face to face with the gargoyles so protective of their towers.
The view east down the Seine from the roof of Notre Dame was like them all... spectacular.
Note the barges on the river ( one turning left and another under the middle bridge) bringing sand and other building supplies to the contractors in town. It's amazing, the amount of business traffic that constantly moves on the river, not just tourist boats. In the picture on the left you can see the little park of white sand at the back of the church next to the rows of trees where we ate lunch in the photo above.
Then it was time to climb back down and into the courtyard infront of the church where a medieval style market was open with vendors doing glass blowing, painting, jewerly making and more food.
We went back underground to the Metro, and headed back to a shopping mall that somehow we mis-timed yesterday. Afterwards, a snack... 24 Euros for a coffee, beer and two desserts. (That's about $36). But it was in Paris and we got to use the bathrooms for free.
Well, it's 8:40pm here, we're getting hungry... (and I think we are loosing weight too... ha!), so now it's time to head out for dinner... another adventure I'm sure.
Our first stop today was the Louvre. We saw Mona, and some other painting in the same room which was the biggest in the house. Viewed a bunch of half broken statues, piles of family jewelry that was really old, and saw furniture that belonged to Napolean. One note, we think we solved the Da Vinci code.... One item of interest was the special security gates that came down suddenly.
Good thing we picked up what we wanted before they emptied out half the place for some security issue.
Then it was off to test Michelle again... the great Notre Dame Cathedral. But before we could attempt this great church and its towers... the usual - baguette and wine...
And again we climbed. This time the tight turret staircase seemed to go on and on - almost 400 steps up and up - nearly killed me. But when we got to the top, the height nearly killed Michelle. The view was awesome. To prove it, I even got a picture of Michelle with the great bell high up in the bell tower. Her smile was a little forced.... to say the least. ( I think the wine helped)
From the roof... yes Michelle did venture out on the roof again... you come face to face with the gargoyles so protective of their towers.
The view east down the Seine from the roof of Notre Dame was like them all... spectacular.
Note the barges on the river ( one turning left and another under the middle bridge) bringing sand and other building supplies to the contractors in town. It's amazing, the amount of business traffic that constantly moves on the river, not just tourist boats. In the picture on the left you can see the little park of white sand at the back of the church next to the rows of trees where we ate lunch in the photo above.
Then it was time to climb back down and into the courtyard infront of the church where a medieval style market was open with vendors doing glass blowing, painting, jewerly making and more food.
We went back underground to the Metro, and headed back to a shopping mall that somehow we mis-timed yesterday. Afterwards, a snack... 24 Euros for a coffee, beer and two desserts. (That's about $36). But it was in Paris and we got to use the bathrooms for free.
Well, it's 8:40pm here, we're getting hungry... (and I think we are loosing weight too... ha!), so now it's time to head out for dinner... another adventure I'm sure.
posted by miker at 8:05 PM (Paris Time)
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