After the Arc, we headed to the Louvre. We spent a few hours there, but it was so massive there was no way to see it all, and unfortunately we had kinda reached art overload. The highlight to me was the hand sketches by Delaroche and the corresponding paintings. We saw the crowd favorites Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo, but they just kinda leave you wondering why are they so famous compared to the others... some statues still had arms. I had a ham and cheese baguette at the museum and it was so good we found a sandwich shop for dinner as well.
After the Louvre, we headed to Notre Dame. The stained glass was incredible and looked good since it was another nice sunny day. The colors really came out in the pictures on the camera, not so much on the phone...
We walked a little to find "the best ice cream in the world" at Berthillion. It was very good, but did not live up to the description. We took a stroll down the Champ-Elysées and then called it a day.
We definitely needed more time in Paris... It's a very spread out city. We had to take the metro between every location and still ended up walking many miles.
We have really enjoyed all the cities so far. Maybe it's because it's out of the typical tourist season, but everything seems safe, uncrowded, and everyone has been extremely nice. The weather has been perfect as well. It's looking like rain in London, but we'll see...
Location:Rue Boissière,Paris,France
I had that same sandwich in Paris and I thought it was one of the best I had ever eaten! Either the baguette was perfect or I was starving when I ate it.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad that you are having such a good time and having good weather and finding it to be the way you described with regard to safety. I thought that about everywhere but Rome when we took our trip.