We Walked all of Paris

Well, over 7 miles of it. We started by walking to Notre Dame. Much more crowded than what we expected. The Japanese must be on vacation; we've seen them in England and now France. They take a lot of pictures.  After Notre Dame, we visited Sainte Chapelle. I wasn't sure whether I had been there before, but once we got there, I realized I would never have found it on my own.

Hotel de Ville

Notre Dame

Pope John Paul II outside Notre Dame--he follows us everywhere

Sainte Chappelle

Then we walked to the Musee d'Orsay. So, we walked that entire Ile. We stopped for lunch prior to visiting the museum. We had quiche lorraine and were surprised that it was not really firm. It was delicious. We seem to have a lot of ham for lunch, both in England and here. We've had ham sandwiches, ham and cheese grilled croissants, ham and cheese paninis. Luckily, the European ham is very good.

  After that, we decided to find the nearest Metro to go home but ended up walking through the Tuillieres, stopping for coffee and macarons and ended up at the Place de la Concorde. There is a ferris wheel in the gardens but we can't figure out whether it's temporary.

Snack in the Tuileries

View of Montmarte from Window in d'Orsay

Finally, we did find a Metro station, managed to buy tickets and get on a train. We had to make a change and probably walked a mile underground to get to our next train.

We ate dinner at L'Absinthe, outside. It has a lot of good reviews. It's chilly here but they have outdoor heaters which actually make it toasty. Also, very cozy--very few tables so we were sitting close to other people. The French waiter was charming; he assumed we didn't know any French and explained hamburger, duck, and chicken to us. He actually said the English words for the salt, pepper, and bread he brought, in case we didn't recognize it.