I'll apologize in advance. There aren't many pictures today since much if what we did didn't allow for photos. The day started in a rather macabre way. We had heard the catacombs were a 'must see' so off we went. What we weren't told was that even if you are there at opening (10am), it will take two hours to get in! At least it was sunny and pleasant. I spoke with a man from Poland who lives and works in Washington for a while. He recommended going to Vienna so you never know...
Back to the bones, millions and millions of them. The catacombs were created when disease was running rampant in the cemeteries of Paris. From the late 1700's till the mid 1800's, bodies were removed and their bones were neatly stacked. It's quite hard to imagine. Google it and check out the images. Freaky!
We left there and had a wonderful cafe lunch. How do they make such amazing sandwiches for so cheap??? Yes it's the bread but it's all the other yummy stuff inside too. Did I mention we had a baguette and croissants for breakfast??? Super yummy!!
Musee d'Orsay was next.
I'd have to agree with the people I had spoken to before our visit, that is an amazing museum. Yes the art is wonderful but so is the venue, a converted train station. We had this guide that I swear was an angel from the impressionist age. She had blonde ringlets and wore white linen and was so incredibly passionate and knowledgeable about her art.
We then walked to a famous bookstore and over to notre dame. By then it was time for dinner so we headed to a Lebanese place I had spotted near our hotel. Food was great and very reasonably priced too.
Our evening ended with a sparkly trip to the Eiffel tower at night.
I'll apologize in advance to emma's friends, no we didn't go up. It wasn't the massive lines, it was just we had already had a wonderful view from l'arc de triomphe.
Thank goodness for subway passes and maps. I don't know that I could walk much more. Train leaves for ashford tomorrow before 7pm so we'll see what we can fit in. Still want to see Versailles, les invalides and sacre coeur. Also have a bit of shopping an we have to stow our luggage at the station. Oh and I have to eat more baguettes and croissant and cheese. Just not enough time!!!
Ok since I couldn't take many pics today, here are a few extras:
Our room
The bestest ever mcd's in the world. This is inside mcd's and it's called mc'cafe (or something like that). Hey north American mcd people, take notice here:
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Location:Rue de Constantinople,Paris,France
1 comment:
Very cool and makes me want some of that bread!!
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