Our last couple of days in Paris turned out to have beautiful blue skies and lovely warm sunny days. Being our last days for a few weeks we were busy tourists…we spent nearly the whole of Saturday at Paris’ cinema museum to JB’s delight. As well as the history of French cinema they were featuring a retrospective on Dennis Hopper, all good. On the first Sunday of each month The Louvre opens its doors to the masses for free, so we seized the opportunity and spent the better part of the day there. Yes, we saw the Mona Lisa, from a distance as the crowd was just ridiculous, but more beautiful were Napoleon’s Apartments, the Egyptian art, the Roman and Grecian sculptures and the amazing decor. Spectacular. Expectations of The Louvre were high and it did not disappoint. We also visited The Pantheon. It basically commemorates all those who fought in the French Revolution and were part of the Resistance, as well as other French notables as Louis Braille, Emilie Zola, Marie Curie and Voltaire. Some pics.
The Louvre - 8minutes later, we were in!
The 'awful' from The Pantheon
Just before they were damaged
Gone in 60 seconds!!!
So yesterday we boarded the ultra fast Eurostar (300km per hour!) to London where we were greeted by double decker buses, overcast (but not cold) skies and a man who accosted JB in the street to ask what brand of GPS he was consulting. Bloody poms. We’ve only got a couple of full days here, so we’re off to explore today. Until next time…
November 5, 2008 at 10:16 pm |
Hi there Trude and GB,
Unfortunately I haven’t been keeping up with your blog – I’ve been too busy having a baby!!! Riley Emma McNally was born on Wednesday 29th October, 10 days early. Gareth and I are both beyond tired, but completely in love with our little princess. Everything is going as well as it could be so far (yes, I know this is going to change as soon as I think I have things under control!)
I hope you are both having a fantastic time. I will read through the blog at some stage I promise!!
Lots of love Prudie
November 6, 2008 at 5:13 am |
Prudie – that’s such FANTASTIC news, you’ve bought more smiles to our already happy faces!! Congrats to both you and Hawka, we look forward to meeting Miss Riley upon our return. Send some photos to my hotmail address, if and when you can.
November 7, 2008 at 12:50 am |
Very interesting read and great photos! I also have a blog on Paris, http://blog.reserve123.com/2008/11/visit-the-city-of-lights/