Paris

Paris Day 9 – Back to Carnavalet Museum, rainy day wandering

Carnavalet Museum They’re making playing cards. A dude sighting on a wall in pix art. Rainy day wandering Sounds expensive!…

Paris Day 8 – Bastille, Place des Vosges, Carnavalet Museum, Hôtel de Ville

Traveling in disguise today! This is the Bastille monument. There used to be a prison here but it was torn…

Two Days In Versailles

We’re just back from two days in Versailles, where we covered many miles, both on foot and on bike. My…

Paris Day 7 – Notre Dame (interior and underground dig site)

Day 6 was probably a rest, laundry, and cleaning day. We really need those here-and-there or it starts to feel…

Paris Day 5 – Bois de Boulogne Park

Today we spent time in a huge park on the outskirts of Paris then walked past the Moulin Rouge on…

Meeting with “La Joconde”

I know from visiting the Vatican years ago that ‘art fatigue’ is a real thing. I remember arriving at the…

Paris Day 4 – Saint Vincent Cemetery

What a cemetery! People went all out! Quite a mix of the old and new. The surroundings are very modern.…

Paris Day 3 (part 4) – Eiffel Tower at night

We walked up the the Eiffel Tower at about 10pm at night. Really was a great experience. They’re open late!…

Paris Day 3 (part 3) – Tuileries Garden, Concorde, Grand Palace (exterior)

The gardens just outside of the Louvre were a lot of fun and stretched to the Place de la Concorde.…

Paris Day 3 (part 2) – The Louvre (exterior)

Another cathedral on our way to the Louvre. Had some interesting peculiarities such as the clock tower with a dial…