What a difference a day makes. Today we visited in our opinion one of the most beautiful Cathedrals since our trip began. We almost missed it too. On Friday we were turned away because they close the tours for their two hour lunch. Since we are on a schedule we couldn't go back. How happy we were to get the opportunity today. St. Chapelle is such a pretty place, hundreds of stained glass windows with awesome stories to tell in simple gorgeous frames! The passion of a person to build something so long ago that would be worthy of worship. Very nice, well worth the line (unlike Versailles that we still can't get over ;-)
Today was shopping day, we had been told that the Marais area was open every day of the week, yet we found that many shops were closed because it was Sunday.
Our second and third stops were the Orsay museum and the Orangerie. Pretty fun to see Monet, Manet, Renoir, and Van Gogh "in person" we had a good fun art learning experience. Our museum pass was put to good use although the cutting in line part of it didn't work at the Orangerie because it was a "free day" anyway. At the St. Chapelle it doesn't apply so we stood in line for about 15 min. and met a Mexican guy from Veracruz that now lives in Paris. Funny but we had met another guy from Veracruz on our second day in Paris. He was the boat narrator, his name was (is) Miguel, with perfect Spanish, good English and what sounded like pretty good French. Better than ours at least.
Well, time has flown by here and we must get ready to go home pretty soon. We look forward to seeing and telling you more of our stories in person. We still have another entry. Until then
Hasta Manana
Today was shopping day, we had been told that the Marais area was open every day of the week, yet we found that many shops were closed because it was Sunday.
Our second and third stops were the Orsay museum and the Orangerie. Pretty fun to see Monet, Manet, Renoir, and Van Gogh "in person" we had a good fun art learning experience. Our museum pass was put to good use although the cutting in line part of it didn't work at the Orangerie because it was a "free day" anyway. At the St. Chapelle it doesn't apply so we stood in line for about 15 min. and met a Mexican guy from Veracruz that now lives in Paris. Funny but we had met another guy from Veracruz on our second day in Paris. He was the boat narrator, his name was (is) Miguel, with perfect Spanish, good English and what sounded like pretty good French. Better than ours at least.
Well, time has flown by here and we must get ready to go home pretty soon. We look forward to seeing and telling you more of our stories in person. We still have another entry. Until then
Hasta Manana
1 comment:
thanks for ruining versailles for us! j/k are you planning on visiting Montmartre? anyhow, we hope to see more pictures when you return. we're leaving in 17 days. we're glad you enjoyed the cathedrals.
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