Well I just had a shower & feel much better. We don't get a lot of sleep as the sun doesn't set until well after 9pm & even now at 10.20 pm it is still quite daylight outside.
After yesterdays stressful day, today was quite the opposite, With our new found knowledge of the Metro we quickly made our way to 'Notre Dame de Paris'. I believe this building to be more spectacular than the Eifel Tower but pics can not do it justice, so I may or may not put them in.
From here we wandered along the Seine to the Louvre & its distinctive glass pyramid. The complex is vast with much of it underground. Again this was far better than we expected & we both enjoyed it very much.
We wandered through Napoleans' chambers which were unbelievably ornate, looked at 600 year old paintings that looked like they were painted last week & sculptures up to 1000 years old.
But Yvonne was keen to see some small painting of a round faced girl & we had to fight the crowd to get there as apparently she is very popular.
We considered doing an open topped bus tour but instead chose a sidewalk lunch & getting pissed on really good wine & I am glad we took the cultural option as it topped off a great day.
Tomorrow we point the C4 Southwest toward Switzerland & see how far we get.
Rungis... LL
After yesterdays stressful day, today was quite the opposite, With our new found knowledge of the Metro we quickly made our way to 'Notre Dame de Paris'. I believe this building to be more spectacular than the Eifel Tower but pics can not do it justice, so I may or may not put them in.
From here we wandered along the Seine to the Louvre & its distinctive glass pyramid. The complex is vast with much of it underground. Again this was far better than we expected & we both enjoyed it very much.
We wandered through Napoleans' chambers which were unbelievably ornate, looked at 600 year old paintings that looked like they were painted last week & sculptures up to 1000 years old.
But Yvonne was keen to see some small painting of a round faced girl & we had to fight the crowd to get there as apparently she is very popular.
We considered doing an open topped bus tour but instead chose a sidewalk lunch & getting pissed on really good wine & I am glad we took the cultural option as it topped off a great day.
Tomorrow we point the C4 Southwest toward Switzerland & see how far we get.
Rungis... LL
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