Markets and Montorgueil

Friday – 32,000 steps

Today is clean up day, figure out what we have not yet seen that we want to see. We decide to split up with Marc and Mary Sue today and meet back at the apartment later for supper if all goes as planned.

Stairs to our apartment, glad we were on the first floor, no elevator

Andre wanted to see some markets, 2 we found were good, one we had already been to on our first day here, and one we found the street but there was no market there. The street with no market did have a guy doing graffiti on a wall that let Andre take his picture, so it was not all lost.

Locals lined up in this market for the fish monger

We visited a couple of churches we had not been to yet. 

Cheapest ice cream yet, 2 Euro for 2 scoops in a supermarket food court



Centre Pompidou

Exploring churches we ended up in this one we had been to on Nuit Blanche

Where Henry IV was assassinated, his carriage got stuck in traffic jam

Room rates posted outside a hotel we passed

Lego store

Next we went to visit the Stock Market, which was a total waste of time, it was all under construction, we couldn’t get in at all, walked around the entire building.

St Eustache Church

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We had a nice lunch at a bakery on Montorgueil, we loved this area that we hadn’t been to yet, and hope to take Marc and Mary-Sue here for supper tonight. 

Sat on the Opera House steps for a while and listened to a guy singing and playing guitar. Picked up a lego architecture of Arch du Triumph for Riley, but then was stuck carrying it around for the rest of the day.

Opera House in daylight, we had only seen it at night before

no new watch this year for Andre

La Madeleine Church

Much busier subway going back to apartment

 Back to the apartment for a glass of wine, we just missed Marc and Mary-Sue, but they left a note saying they would be back around 6:30PM for supper if we would wait for them.

Back to Montorgueil for supper, I had the best beef bourguignon ever, I must try to make this when I get home, it has been years since I had it. Andre had flank steak, he should have had the same as me.

Montorgueil at night, much busier than during the day

Making ice cream

Walking home we really got off track, added even more steps to an already full day, but eventually found our way home. It was an early scheduled day tomorrow, so not too happy about getting home so late.