This was our last full day in the City of Lights and after finally discovering how marvelous the metro was, we rode it all day long. Of course, we headed back to the same patisserie for breakfast for a cappuchino and pain au chocolat. We ventured to the Musee d'Orsay...Chris was a trooper as I longly stared at works from Van Gogh and Monet.
By this time, we felt like we were starving, but we metro'd it over to the Bastile and walked to Place de Vosges and walked to L'As du Falafal - BEST FALAFEL EVER! I think that Chris had a traditional shawarma...mmmmm. It held us over nicely as we walked through Victor Hugo's apartment in the Place de Vosges. (If you haven't read Les Miserable...please do, but I might recommend the abridged version...one of my favorites!)
The Bastile
Place de Vosges
L'As du Falafal...It's a blurry pic, but I can't tell you how much I recommend it. We sat shoulder to shoulder with all the Parisians, so much fun!
As the afternoon approached, we then wandered to Monmatre to enjoy the artist's scene and sat at a local cafe to watch the street performers and artists sketch away.
The climb up to Monmatre
As we entered Monmatre, this is where Chris said, "This is what I pictured Paris to be like."
The artist's of Monmatre and the Sacre Coeur in the distance
The Moulin Rouge...I was telling Chris about my first experience with the Moulin Rouge when my parents took me when we still lived in Holland. It was my birthday present...talk about an interesting experience!
Must admit that we never actually made it inside the Louvre (I had already been and Chris reported that he would not be heart broken if he didn't go), but we walked the grounds that evening, truly spectacular. On the way home, we bought a baguette and then stopped at a cafe on the Rue Cler and ordered a glass of wine and the cheese plate. Hopefully we weren't too tacky bringing in our own baguette for the cheese platter. To top it off, we enjoyed a crepe before heading back to the hotel.
Outside the Louvre
Au Revoir Paris!
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