Marais PSR (1027)
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Musee Rodin
... br> After the museum, a few of the girls from my group and I went out for some Hagan Das. On our way we passed Notre Dame and got some long overdue 'blue sky' pictures, (the sky is rarely blue here; stupid rain), and got to see the famous bookstore "Shakespeare and Company". It is this very quaint book store right across from the Notre Dame, dedicated and opened in honor of Shakespeare himself. I have to go back and check it out to see if they have any books in English.
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A walk in the Marais
... also took us to the building housing the historical society. I'm going to have to look up the details, but basically the building is from the 17th century, but in the cellar there is the 12th century remains of the city house of an abbey situated outside Paris. It is in the gothic style, and certainly not on the regular tourist path - we were fortunate to see it. The society is working on reconstructing damaged parts of the cellar with a volunteer who ...
The Eiffel Tower
... we probably spent 2-3 hours. Stephen was the most fascinated, as he wouldn't leave a room until we he saw everything. The boat tour was on Sharon's most do list. However, I would suggest that it would probably be nicer at night with all of the lights. However, with sunset around 10 pm that wasn't going to work. Dinner was ...
Sunday Funday
Woke up at 4:00am WIDE awake! Apparently most places are closed on Sunday so I had to search a bit for breakfast. I found this boulangerie two blocks down and I think I actually stepped into heaven. Seriously. The best croissant of my life. I think I will be saying that a lot. On the metro to the louvre now. Damn metro! I have only been here one day and you have already failed me! ...
Homeward bound
... and onto a train, and then repeating the exercise. Wish me luck.
I'm not looking forward to the flights home. I leave Paris for Dubai (6.5 hours), then Dubai to Auckland stopping in Melbourne (18.5 hours flying time). Thankfully I can sleep almost anywhere, so I will be doing a lot of that.
So I guess this is au revoir Paris, but hopefully not adieu Paris. And bonjour Auckland, je vous avez ...