We walked down to Lourve navigating the streets relatively easily.
You can not miss the Lourve, just follow the homing tourist groups. It is vast and impressive. We arrived late at midday so we will not go in today. The lines are long and attempts to buy online failed miserably because our mail wouldn’t download.
After walking around the Lourve we decided to return on another day organised with ‘skip the line tickets’. We walked on to Paris’s river Seine. In the distance will could see Eiffel Tower.
We headed back towards the Lourve gardens.
And in luck, we found one of the Christmas markets or fairs in Paris. Typical show rides, predominately fun houses, food including hot wine, and Christmas and trinket stalls.
Of course we sampled some Chaud Vin (hot wine). Very warming experience.
Eventually we headed back in the direction of our flat in search of food which we found at the Tavern Cafe. Very nice.
Our flat is only 20 minute walk (assuming we don’t get distracted by the many sites and cafes.)
There are many “passages” or arcades scattered across Metro Paris as well. The passages take you off the streets and into covered lanes filled with shops.
The Passage Jouffroy is a quaint shop filled arcade with old books, jewellery, toys, antique home items, clothes for a dashing metro gentleman or darling lady and Christmas decorations.
Late afternoon we arrived back at the flat for a break and await the owners of the Flat. Our front door sticks badly so they are coming to fix it. In the rain last night they tried to fix it but no luck. And hurray they fixed the door today.
After huge lunch we dined light for dinner. Cos loved the French onion soup. It was amazing. Melissa had a small steak with a Gorgonzola cheese sauce. and it was also nice. No wine however as we discovered it was Halal restaurant. Very dining.
After exploratory stroll around our neighbourhood we stopped again for dessert of crepes and coffee.
Another stroll through the arcade and around the block to our flat where we met first cats since Mykonos.
Our Parisien cat wasn’t very sociable and beat a retreat into his home another apartment sharing our courtyard.
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