Today I will finish up describing our Paris sightseeing fun! On Saturday we started out at the Louvre. I had been there before, and we were pretty museum fatigued, plus it was pretty crowded. We checked on the ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman exhibits, then took the Metro to the Arc de Triomphe.
We walked up to the top of the Arc–that was exhausting! You see, I am on a medicine for my heart that keeps my heart rate from increasing much (I can’t seem to get it above 104), so I get short-winded more easily than I should. So the walk up was killer, but worth it!
After that we walked down the Avenue de la Grande-Armee (a continuation of the Champs Elysees) to the chocolate shop I mentioned in a previous post, A La Riene Astrid. We then had lunch nearby at L’Escale which I wrote about earlier. We took the Metro back to our hotel and rested for awhile–my feet were dead!
Later the same day we went up to one of my favorite places in the city–Montmarte and Sacre Coeur Basilica. More steps!! AND it started to rain! The view from the top is amazing, though my pictures were no good due to how foggy it was! When we got to the top we discovered we could have ridden up on a Funicular!!! We did ride down though!
After descending we escaped the rain in Cafe Chappe, which I described previously, and took the Metro back to the hotel. I was a bit sad we missed the Place du Tertre where the artists hang out and peddle their wares. We figured they would have escaped the rain too!
Well, that finally finishes Paris. Chronologically, we have been in London for 3 nights. I am going to try to combine our cultural and culinary adventures for our time in London over the next few posts.
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