Tuesday - 27,000 steps
Today we had noon reservations at the
catacombs. Decided to walk there and do some visiting along the way, it should take us about 1 hour if we don't get too lost!
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| A store just for umbrellas, luckily not needed today |
Catacombs were something that we wanted to visit when we were in
Rome, but it just didn’t work out, Paris is an easy visit, it is
right in the city. So glad we had made a reservation, there was
easily a 2 hour line if you didn’t have a reservation.
The catacombs is where there are up to
6 million people were moved to quarries to rest from other parts of
Paris in the 1700’s. It is over 1 km of walking through the
quarries to visit. It is said that Paris got the idea from Rome and
Florence. They only allow 200 people in at a time, and between tours
and people with advanced reservations it doesn’t leave much time
for people that have not made reservations. There is a good audio
tour that comes along with the ticket, we all really enjoyed this,
even though it is slightly creepy.
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| Queue for Catacombs if you didn't have advance tickets |
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| Going down to quarry |
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| Walking through quarry |
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| Markings to indicate where you were in the catacombs and the year |
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| Pictures do not do it justice, just how big this place is |
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| Yes, these are all bones, and they go on and on.... |
After the Catacombs we picked up some
bread, cheese, ham and a bottle of red wine and had a picnic in
Jardin du Luxembourg. No cork screw with us, but the cashier opened
the bottle for us. Andre has been carrying around 4 plastic glasses
just for such an occasion. It is another beautiful day, needed to
find some shade for our little picnic. How civilized to be able to
have a glass of wine in an public space without any worries.
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| Police vans were all lined up along this street, think it was a drill or training |
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| Preparing our picnic lunch |
After our picnic we visited more of the
gardens. Lots of chairs are available around the garden for you to
have a sit and relax and enjoy the beautiful gardens around Palais du
Luxembourg.
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| Luxembourg Gardens/Palace |
Next we stopped for a visit at St.
Sulpice church, known for having two towers that do not match.
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| Time for another ice cream break, the little bench outside came in handy for a rest stop |
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| A little out of our price range |
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| These scooters are for rent everywhere, lots of people use them |
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| There was an entire block of beautiful photography that we visited |
Next on the list was the Pantheon, the
crypt was closing in 20 minutes so only had a quick visit there, you
could literally spend hours in the crypt, so much information on the
people that are there. Another 30 minutes before closing on the main
floor, so a quick visit.
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| Pentheon |
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| inside the Pantheon |
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| The Crypt, a little like a maze |
From here we walked to La Sorbonne.
Lots of University students out and about on the streets, a very
vibrant part of the city.
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| A photographer set up shop on the street |
We all loved the Latin Quarter. This is
where we found Rue du Chat qui Peche, the narrowest street in Paris
at 6’ wide. Also No22 Rue St. Severin the narrowest house in
Paris. Lots of cute little restaurants in the area, with lots of
inexpensive table d'hôte options.
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| Rue du Chat qui Peche |
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| Rue du Chat qui Peche |
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| Andre got a new Tin Tin lunch bag in this store |
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| #22 Narrowest house in Paris |
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| Walking around Latin Quarter at night to find somewhere to eat |
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