Paris, France

Now for a day of sightseeing in Paris.

We met up with Michelle again, this time under the Eiffel Tower and went for a wander around town. We walked west along the Seine River, passing the Grand Palais, Crazy Horse statue and the Obelisk, before coming across the Louvre. This is a huge museum that looks like it will take forever to look through. We’ll do it when we return to Paris – too many people at the moment.

Pont de Neuf, Paris, France

Louvre, Paris, France

We continued to Notre Dame. This is a marvelous church, which is Luvo’s favorite building, and one he said not to miss. We didn’t even realize we were at the church because of the scaffolding surrounding the front entrance. Its stone, gothic style is like no other and inside it is just as brilliant, with the highlight being a statue of Joan of Arc.

Rear of Notre Dame, Paris, France

Notre Dame, Paris, France

After the walk through Notre Dame, we had lunch at a café in view of the side of the building.

Me, Roberta & Michelle, Paris, France

After eating, we decide to head back east, where we walked up Avenue des Champs Elysée’s, all the way to the Arc de Triomphe. The Arc was built by Napoleon for Josephine on her arrival to Paris. It is now a memorial for victims of World War II and has a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and an eternal flame. The Arc de Triomphe sits in the middle of a mad roundabout, which branches out into 12 different roads. It is crazy! It is the only roundabout in the world where the traffic on the roundabout gives way to traffic entering. The result is absolute chaos and on average an accident happens every 12 minutes. All insurance (car, personal or travel) is null and void on this section of roadway.

Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France

We were going to go to a restaurant but couldn’t find one in our price range, so we bought some food at a supermarket and went back to the Eiffel Tower for a picnic. Once again sitting in view of the Tower was great. As we were nearly finished dinner, we turned around to see, who else, Reggae and Todd, and their mate Jason, with the same idea. We spent the night with them and ended up walking back to the hostel at 11.30 pm.

Roberta & I, Champs de Mars, Paris, France