St. Sulpice
Not in any guideboks but St. Sulpice is one of the most beautiful squares in all of Paris. It’s also the place I used to call home when I was…
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Musee Rodin
Rats. Under construction and nearly inaccessible. The main house is completely shut down and you only have access to the grounds (which no doubt are beautiful) so a bit disappointing.…
Musee d’Orsay
Round two of our museum days. The major museums aren’t open every day so you have to carefully schedule when you attend. The Louvre is closed on Tuesdays, so we…
Now at the Musee d’Orsay
Look who’s at the Musee d’Orsay right now – it’s the Femme en Verte (Dora). Certainly one of Picasso’s most vivid paintings, she is on loan to the Musee d’Orsay…
Notre Dame
Second day in a row of a venue that had stair climbing. This one Jeff did on his own because the rest of us had feet that would no longer…
Sainte-Chapelle
After our precision assault on the Louvre we headed over to Sainte-Chapelle to see the famous stained glass windows. Installed in 1248 and beautiful! There isn’t a single picture I…
Dinner at Breizh Cafe
Breizh Cafe made our restaurant short list but not the cutoff until we couldn’t get Clown Bar to answer their phone in order to make reservations. So out with Clown…
Cocktails at the Bastille
We managed to get to the general vicinity of our dinner reservations about and hour early so we took the opportunity to have a pre-dinner cocktail at a cafe that…
Arc de Triomphe
The Arc de Triomphe is such an imposing piece of architecture. It squats over the Charles de Gaulle Etoile like a lego block and demands attention to all who pass.…