Hello Paris!! After a long and smooth flight, we landed in
very good time! We went to leave our luggage at the hotel, a quick stop for
lunch and onto the city center! We experienced our first train ride to reach
the river banks… We came by the Latin quarter where we had lunch before going
to the cite island where Paris was born, we saw the Sainte Chapelle, the flower
market and the Saint Louis island, yes there is another island on the Seine! We
were amazed by the flying buttresses of Notre Dame, how beautiful! We even had
time to go inside. The Louvre was not so busy, we had a chance to enjoy the
highlights like the Mona Lisa, the Venus of Milo, the Raft of the medusa, the
slave by Michelangelo and sooo many other pieces… overwhelming …
Quite a full day, we were happy to go for dinner in the artist village of
Montmartre, goat cheese salad, steamed fish and gâteau au chocolat! How more
French can we get? After all the excitement, time to rest, we still look great
after over 30 hours of being awake… but there is a limit… we have walked over
20,000 steps today… we can have another chocolate crepe tomorrow !!
