Sight seeing is hard work! After two days of tourist activities in
Paris, Lyle and I are quite exhausted. When we arrived in the city, we
purchased a two-daymuseum pass, and so we wanted to see as much as we
could. A list as is good to tell you about this as anything else.
Saint Chapelle - a pretty little church with the most beautiful vertical stained glass windows
The Conciergerie - the last stop before the guillotine. This is a
massive building, spectacular on the outside and huge and stark on the
inside.
Notre-Dame Cathedral - awesome! It was difficult to imagine this as a place of worship with the throngs of tourists inside.
Army Museum - too dimly lit for my liking
Napoleon's Tomb - good stop for any historian
Rodin Museum - a good stop for me. I was given a pair of white gloves
so that I could feel four of the sculptures. I especially liked the
Prodigal Son with his upturned head but felt a little embarrassed to
thoroughly all the life-sized parts! Unfortunately, the famous Thinker
was placed on a pedestal too high for me to see.
One of the best parts of this day was strolling along the bank of the Seine.
Part 2 to follow soon.
Interesting to hear about the places you have visited in such a short time. Keep on having an interesting vacation.
ReplyDeleteDorothy