Paris: Day 6 (4/25/2007)

We'll begin another busy day at a very busy museum: The Louvre. There will be lots to see here, so we'll spend a couple hours inside.. just long enough for you to start feeling bored.

We'll grab a cheap lunch in the underground shopping mall, the Carrousel du Louvre.

When we're full, rested, and ready to go, we'll head out to see Historic Paris. It'll be a 4 hour walk in the afternoon, but it's not too long--only 3 miles (5 km). It will take so long because we'll want to spend quality time looking at some of the churches and medieval buildings.

We start with the Notre-Dame Cathedral. Flying buttresses and gargoyles! Fun!

Walk, walk.. to the Deportation Memorial where we will remember the French Jews who were persecuted and even killed by the Nazis in France during World War 2.

We'll cross the river and check out part of the Left Bank. You'll see venders selling old books, walk through an old section of Paris, passby the Sorbonne (part of the University of Paris), and end up at Sainte-Chapelle Cathedral--famous for its awesome stained glass windows.

The last big place of the day will be the Conciergerie, which was the famous prison during the French Revolution that held the people who were waiting to be taken to the Place de la Concorde to.. umm.. lose some height. Marie Antoinette was a guest here.

We'll continue on to the Pont Neuf, the oldest standing bridge in Paris. And then we'll take our Seine River tour by boat. Vedettes du Pont Neuf
Whew. I'm tired. Bonne nuit.