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Paris Day 2

Hi Lovelies,

Today was our final day to see things in Paris, and we certainly made a fine effort to pack as much in as we could.
After breakfast we headed for the Arc De Triomphe to catch the bus. Today we were off to find Montmartre, and and the artist square.


We were unable to find any reference to the square, but not to be deterred we headed in the direction of Basilique Du Sacre-Coeur Chapel. This was amazing, as were the steps to reach it. Being kind to ourselves we caught the cable car up.
Sacre-Coeur Chapel


Back to the amazingness of the chapel. We were blessed to arrive in the midst of a choral and prayer service. The music was so peaceful, and sounded just like you would here in a medieval movie.


                               
The architecture of the church was also amazing, and it is huge, with ceilings that reach for the sky. We also ventured down into the crypt, which was just as large and also had very high ceilings. The crypt has a number of more modern displays telling different biblical stories. It also hosts a collection of robes from the past. Due to no signs in English, we kind of had to wing it with the displays.

                                     



A steep walk up or down

From there we were going to head back down the stairs, but made one final attempt to find the artist square. Google placed it not to far away so off we headed. Helen and Sam, we found it! Not only that, I am now the proud owner of original work by Douchon Zivlak. So special.
     

It was then back down the stairs, onto the bus as headed a Christmas Market we had seen earlier. A took in some local potato and cheese dish and wandered around the stalls.







Next was a visit to the obelisk at the Place de la Concorde it was pretty amazing.

Then we walked from there through the gardens towards the Louvre. We found another artist and this time Robbie bought a small oil painting, and I got my 3rd photo of the day with a strange man. 😊 (but 1 was santa)
Robbie set off to take a shot of the pyramid at the Louvre, while I got taken for 3€ by some woman claiming to be obtaining signatures for a petition for a charity. It was only after I signed the form that she asked for money. Such is life.
The Louvre

Egyptian Obelisk (What a sight)
Back on the bus, we headed for the Eiffel Tower to do an evening river cruise.

It was very pretty and very quiet. The gentle rocking of the boat nearly put s both off to sleep.





We finished the day with a 20 minute walk from the boat to our motel.

Such tired teddies tonight.

Tomorrow is another log day of travelling- wow we have to spend most of our time in an airport, for our quick flight to Budapest.

Take care lovelies, stay safe and keep enjoying life.

Love us.


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