Bonjour! Well a rainy day in Paris. We stopped at a bakery for pastries to take on our journey to the metro today and we went to Notre Dame. We could only see it from behind scaffolding and barriers but it is huge and breathtaking. They had story boards telling of the restoration process and photos of the burned timbers. Such a beautiful church.
Stopped for lunch outside Notre Dame and got savory crepes, chicken and mushrooms and ham and cheese. Yummy!
Onto the metro again to go to the Eiffel Tower. Got there before our reservation time so stopped and had hot chocolate and Deb had Grog. Then on to climb the stairs to the second floor. Only 680 of them. I wish I had counted them! They were outside steps and it was rainy but we did it anyway and so glad we did. The views were amazing, fog and all. We were going to try for a dinner at the top of the Tower but didn't make reservations in time. That is also a huge structure and Paris will be the host of the 2024 Olympics and they are doing some restoration in preparation for that.
Made a visit at Holy Family church in our neighborhood before going to dinner. We went to the place we ate at on Tuesday, our first day, but the cook didn't come in today. We found another place to go and Deb and Mary had leg of lamb and I had croque monsieur. I was expecting a full sandwich but it was open-faced. Pretty good though. Ended with an apple tarte.
Back to house to get house ready to leave in the morning. Did my packing earlier so just finalized some things in my bag. I have a croissant for Dave so will see how well it travels. It may be a crushed croissant.
24,900 steps today, walked 11.2 miles and got 66 flights of stairs!
Thanks for following us on our journey to Paris! Au Revoir!
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