We woke up late morning and went to get our Paris Pass. We had every intention of going to church first but couldn't get up. As for the Paris Pass we don't recommend it at all. It was very expensive and in the end we realized all we really needed was the Museum Pass and the Paris Visite metro pass.
After getting our passes we headed to the market in front of our apartment to grab lunch.
We got fresh strawberries, rotisserie chicken, potatoes, baguette and avocado.
We hopped on the subway and headed to our bike tour meet up place.
We got off in the latin quarter and walked around a bit until we reached our destination.
Fountain at Place St-Michel
Our Bike Tour lasted four hours. I almost died, however it is a great way to see Paris.
The houses in Paris all used to look like the above one, instead they are now all made of limestone.
Can you spot the random canon ball stuck to the building?
The old Paris city wall.
A beautiful courtyard at Place de Vosges that the owner leaves open to the public.
First hotel of Paris
The new Opera House that Parisians hate - Opera Bastille
Bastille monument and the Seine
Notredame in the background
At our break. Happy gelato.
Napolean's arch by the louvre which used to be the entrance to the palace - Arc du Carrousel
After the bike tour we decided it'd be a great idea to go to the top of the notredame, you know, since we were in the area. Little did we know it would be 422 steps up a narrow spiral stone staircase.
Do I regret it? Not at all. Notredame and the views from there was one of my favorite things we did. It is beautiful.
Once we climbed back down, the same 422 steps, we went into the cathedral but more than half of it was barricaded off so we were not able to see the famous rose window. I was bummed.
Once we left the church we walked across the street for dinner at Cafe Panis
Once the sun set we walked over to the notre dame for some night pictures.
It was pretty late at this point and we took the metro back to our apartment
2 comments:
I was going to say, it looks like the views from the top of Notre Dame were amazing! Great pics.
It looks like you had an amazing trip! I love how you always have food pictures! Yum!
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