Tuesday 28th May
It is Miss Indi's 7th birthday today. So I have to get the timing right to ring her for her special day. Given that Paris is 8 hrs behind aust, or Australia is 16 hrs ahead, I have to ring when they have had their day. Thank goodness for face time calls. It is wonderful to be able to see Indi on her birthday, and she had not opened my gift to her, so she was able to open it while I was watching. It was great. So now her dad and herself will have to make the gift I gave her.
Today, we are going to go to Moulin rouge, Sacre Coeur and the chocolate museum.
Again we use the metro to get to our first stop. Moulin rouge is pretty cool, given the history. Although we did not see any show, it was good to see a different side of Paris. We stroll the streets, and survived the walk along the adult part of Paris. We had a bit to eat at a Vietnamese eatery, had a great bowl of Pho. Next we walk to find the Sacre Coeur, wandering up and down winding streets, and up the hill. The streets closer to the Sacre Coeur are full of artists, selling their artworks, and painting at the same time. It was cool to see the local artists working, on one side of the street were resturants, and on the opposite side were the artists. We get to our destination and there is a sharp short rain shower, which sends people scattering. People are ushered through the security check pretty quickly while is was raining. Once inside the, it is pretty amazing. The stained glass, the art work on the ceilings, all the ornate touches. It gets one thinking, how much wealth there is, and yet there are beggers not so far away. I guess some things have not changed over the centuries. We go back down the hill via the Funicular. This is just like a cable car, with which it uses a cable traction for movement. Much better for Bob's knee.
Next stop the history of chocolate, whilst this had free samples, and a demonstration of how their chocolates are made, it was kind of not what I thought it would be. There were some interesting historical items, like the history of how the coco bean was used and how it evolved to the hot drink we have today.
Wednesday 29th May,
Today was a rest day.
Thursday 30th May.
Today we went to the Musée du Louve.
It doesn't matter when you go to things around here there is lots of people, of all countries about. There is a huge line up, but fortunately, we have a Paris pass card, and we get to skip the large line up. Once inside, there are steps going in all directions. There is no way you can see everything in this place in one day. So we find a map of the building and displays, and pick out what we would like to see. The obvious choice is the Mona Lisa, and the French crown jewels. So we find the Mona Lisa after some walking and admiring many artworks and sculptures. Looking at the sculptures, it is not hard to become overwhelmed. The ages of some of these pieces are amazing. And to think some of these are well over 2000 years old, and older. The absolute skill that was used, surely is nothing short of mind boggling. Given their tools of the trade way back then. At the Mona Lisa we go into the room, and we start to line up, the attendee there waves us through to the disabled line because Bob has his walking stick. and we miss the line up and get a bit closer to the Mona Lisa.
Next we go to track down the French crown jewels. Wonder through the Egyptian section, in awe of the collection, go down some stairs, only to find out that we are in the wrong spot, and need to go back to where we had come from. And that the display is closed. Bummer. There are a few collection that are closed for renovations.
We leave the Louve, and track down a FNAC store. W find it. It is in the biggest shopping mall, and this store is massive. There are 3 levels, all dedicated to electronics, books, music, probably a bit like JB HI FI. We find what we are chasing and head for our unit.
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