Vacation II: Paris
As I’m breaking this trip out of order, and grouping things together. I decided that Paris should have one post. We spent a bit under a day in Paris. We arrived just before midnight local time and were staying with one of my sister’s law school friends and her husband.
We hopped on the metro from the EuroStar stop and got to the apartment pretty fast. Which was good since, we were nearing 1am, with transferring and riding the train. First thing in the morning we got up and headed to a bistro for breakfast.
A traditional breakfast to fortify us before we took a walk to the catacombs. We got there about half an hour before it opened and here was still quite the line. We eventually got inside and am I glad we grabbed the audio tour, as there is little signage or description of sections. But to anyone who wants to go to the catacombs in Paris, go early, the line is slow going, and still had to wait a little over an hour, and take the audio tour, or you will be walking in silence with just a few signs across the entire distance.
And just when you maybe forget about what else the Catacombs had in store you get to the second section of your trip, longer than the first and a reason to deploy emergency kitten when you are done. Or in my case pick up some Absinthe in the shop.
We headed to Notre Dame from there with a stop off for lunch. There were two lines, one to go inside, which was moving quickly despite its length, and one for climbing. After checking the status of both lines we decided we would just go inside.
As expected it is quite beautiful inside. Stained glass, statues, a small exhibit for the 850th anniversary.
And we did not stop there, a friend who had been to Paris a few months ago recommended going to the Sainte-Chapelle which was smaller, near Notre Dame and just as beautiful. She was quite right.
It was a great stop before heading to the musee d’orsay who had a Van Gogh exhibit going, that I wanted to see. They had no photo signs up everywhere, so nothing to see there. We wrapped op our trip by meeting our hosts for dinner, and having savory crepes for dinner. After stopping at a wine shop for some haul home of course.
We had to then head back to catch the last train. All in all a good day in Paris though now I want to spend more time there, if for nothing else more eating, and drinking. Also actually going to the Louvre which is closed on Tuesday and the Eiffel tower which was booked for the day.
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