Day 4, Sunday April 29
When I went out to pick up breakfast this morning I found two of our nearby boulangeries closed, so had to find a third one that was open on Sunday morning. It had rained overnight and the streets were wet, but it didn't rain on us this day. We planned to go to the Bastille Sunday morning market, but were diverted to an art show along the canal. There were hundreds of temporary booths where artists displayed their wares.
From there we rode
the Metro to the
Louvre-Rivoli station and crossed the Seine on the Pont des
Arts. The
bridge is festooned with padlocks testifying to couples' undying love.
A recent article in the Guardian says that
the
unsentimental city government considers the locks an eyesore and plans
to remove them all.
We followed the guide book's Left Bank Walking Tour, visiting several churches and other points of interest, finishing in the Luxembourg Garden, by which time it had become a beautiful day.
Day 5, Monday April 30
It was a beautiful day so we spent most of it in the Louvre. We stood in line to buy two Museum Passes then followed the guide book's tour of the museum's highlights.
We followed the guide book's Left Bank Walking Tour, visiting several churches and other points of interest, finishing in the Luxembourg Garden, by which time it had become a beautiful day.
Day 5, Monday April 30
It was a beautiful day so we spent most of it in the Louvre. We stood in line to buy two Museum Passes then followed the guide book's tour of the museum's highlights.
On leaving the
Louvre we had a couple
of quiches in a café tucked into a corner of the Palais Royal.
We went
through the garden of the Palais Royal,
saw a couple of nearby sights, and were headed
toward the Metro around four o'clock when the forecast rain hit. After
having quiche for lunch I wanted a real meal for supper but
Carole just wanted a dessert.
Day 6, Tuesday May 1
Day 6, Tuesday May 1
May Day and all the museums in Paris were closed for the holiday, so we rode the Metro to Montparnasse and from there took the train to Chartres.
Upon our return to
the train station we
went to the surface and then to the top of the Montparnasse Tower. This
tower is said by the guide book to provide the best views in Paris
because from it you can see the Eiffel Tower clearly and you can't see
the Montparnasse tower at all.
