Paris Day 5 - City Tour

Good Morning Day 5!  

Hello again from House # 1604

I decided not to wear any pink today :-) 

Another photo of the girls while waiting for bus #34

Love this morning scene! 

Playing in the bus 

First stop - Montmartre area.

Walking up steps to Sacré-Cœur Basilica 

There was a funicular train (included in our travel pass) but the queue was pretty long so we just walked up.  Much to Elyssa's dismay!

Sacré-Cœur Basilica 

Roman Catholic church and minor basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus 

Taken at basilica steps 

In the Basilica

Cobbled walkway near the basilica 

There were plenty of artists walking around asking whether we want portraits to be drawn

Nice to just walk around

Artist Square 

Us at the Artist Square

Roadside Peddler

This picture looks like its taken from a postcard! 

Stopped by for lunch

16 Euros for fixed price lunch of appetizer, main and dessert. 

On Erin's right is a bottle of Evian water we accidentally ordered.  8 Euros!!!!!  Aaaaarghhhh! 

Dessert of Choc Cake and Creme Caramel 

Walked around after lunch-

One-two-three greedy stooges :-) 

Had my hot Starbucks latte

So American, but what the heck ;-) 

Hubby with the small princess 

Seafood Stall

The lady was cutting up a huge salmon

Pretty Flowers

More tarts! 

Paul bakery

"Le Moulin Blute-Fin"

One of the original windmills left standing out of the original dozen that was built in the early 17th century. Also painted by Van Gogh! 

Another shot with the old moulin

And this is the new moulin!

Can't help thinking of Nicole Kidman swinging at the top of the windmill

Hubby at Fontaine Saint-Michel 

He wanted a photo since St Michael was the patron saint of his secondary school

Latin Quarter Streets 

Next stop was meant to be Luxembourg Gardens

Entrance of Luxembourg Gardens

We were 5 minutes too late! Park closed at 4.30 but we arrived at 4.35pm.  Sigh. 

So walked over to Panthéon instead

Waiting for train back to Marnee La Vallee Chessy 

Interesting day out indeed!

-- End of Day 5--

Paris Day 4 - City Tour

Good Morning Day 4! 

Fueling up before heading out  

Hubby work up earlier and prepared most of breakfast. Bliss!!! 

Daily photo outside our yellow home  

Part of hotel grounds  

Playing while waiting for Bus #34 

Bus is here! 

First stop - Notre Dame Cathedral 

Church Service @ Notre Dame Cathedral

Queue was fast and entrance was free :-) 

Streets around Notre Dame

Erin loves her Eiffel Tower pose - "Mummy, you put your legs apart and put your hands together like that!" 

OMG- spotted this lovely bakery! 

Pastries 

Macaroons 
Euro 1.50 each

Cakes and Tarts

Everything looked soooo good!  Unfortunately there were no tables to sit down or we would have happily taken our lunch there. Bought 3 items to take away. 

@ River Seine  

Bird Feeding.  Love this shot! 

Ate our takeover pastries.  So yummy. 

So lovely here

Needed a warm place to sit down for lunch. 

Had another fixed price lunch. 15 Euros for appetizer and main meal. Ordered 2 sets again. Hot pumpkin soup with baguette tasted good! 

Our lunch place 

Hotel De Ville 

Streets of Paris  :-) 

Can spot us? 

Girls in Pink ! 

Next stop - iconic The Louvre

We're IN the glass pyramid! 

Many museums in Paris including Louvre are free on the first Sundays of each month. Because of that, we expected queues to be absolutely horrendous.  Plan B was to return the next day. Surprise.... surprise.... stumbled upon a short indoor queue (yay, didn't have to queue in the cold) and we were IN within 10 minutes. Thought maybe it was only the security queue so was practically jumping in glee that we were really in. hehe.

Headed straight to the most famous exhibit

As expected, it was crowded!  Someone got a special boost from daddy to get a clearer view ;-) 

And there she is! Portrait of Mona Lisa 

After 20 minutes I managed to get my selfie with the Lady  :-)

 Erin managed to get a good view too!  

Winged Victory of Samothrace 

Checking out other exhibits

So much to see! Now I know why some people can spend days just at the Louvre itself.  But with two kids...nah! 

They look so cute! 

Just us 

Family Selfie 

Family Photo

Wanted night shots with another iconic sight.  So took the train back to Trocadero for a night shot of Eiffel Tower.

So pretty at night 

Erin got to do her "Eiffel Tower Pose" with Eiffel tower at the background 

One-two-three stooges with the Eiffel Tower Pose! 

Headed back after that.  Dinner, laundry then Zzzzzz......

-End of Day 4-