To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself.
You have only to push aside the curtain - Henry David Thoreau
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The only limits we have are those we give ourselves.

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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Paris – Day 2

Sleeping in…ahhh, this feels good!  There was no place we had to be, so we made it a nice and relaxing morning. 

We wandered through St. Germain des Pres and made our way over to Notre Dame Cathedral and Sainte Chapelle.  Paris is much ‘busier’ than in our previous visits and line-ups to get into museums and other buildings of historical significance were an indication of this. 

The Louvre (which houses the Mona Lisa and many other prominent pieces) was our next stop…not to visit (we’ll do that later in our stay), but just to walk around.

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We walked through Tuileries Gardens on our way to see an exhibit of Renoir paintings at the Grand Palace.

Finally, we took an evening stroll along the Champs-Elysées.  At one end of the avenue is a carousel (ferris wheel) and the other is the roundabout with the Arc de Triomphe in the centre

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After a great dinner at one of restaurants along the avenue, we made our way back to the apartment to enjoy some hot tea and yummy chocolate.   mmmmm…did I say that I love Paris?!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

WOW! To see the sights and lights of Paris must be breathtaking..
Je suis tres heureux pour vous!
Love, Jerry and Mary.

P.S. We heard about the book of last year`s trip and would love to see it sometime. Thanks for the Disk with the torch pics!

Anonymous said...

Sounding like an awesome trip so far! Continue having an amazing trip and Happy New Year to you both!

Love,

Catherine & Meredith, Meghan, Mark and Sarah xoxoxo

Anonymous said...

Get the museum pass! You bypass the lines and can see dozens throughout Paris. I think the big electronics store sells them or Prisunic.

I love Paris!

RutsUp said...

Yes, already have the museum pass! We got them as soon as we saw the first line-up.

Suzy said...

Gorgeous photos! I'm living through your lens!