The sights of Paris

 

Paris - the last day

The plan was to have a park run at Bois de Bologna but found out that parkruns are suspended in France as a medical certificate is required . That after finding out that there is a parkrun in Montsouris park , south Paris . 

So instead of a 0715/0730 wake-up stayed in bed till 10 ish with a plan to go to Montsouris park , watch the rugby and go with the flow . 

The street outside the hotel was buzzing so we wandered , bought fruit yoghurt and a couple of banquettes one with jamón and cheese and the other Brie . 

Decided to have a leisurely coffee at the French cafe sidewalk , and chatted with a local lady . It was nice . 

H found a classical concert to attend so we booked that too . 

Montsouris park was reached using our all day pass tram , metro and RER . But it was a lovely rural park inside urban Paris with little bandstand here and there . A bit up and down so glad the park run was not on . Hate hills . 

Then off to the Celtic Corner to watch Ireland v France at rugby . Great game Ireland won . 

Didn't want to rush things so watched Scotland v Wales briefly before returning to hotel to change clothes and go the see Mozart requiem and Bolero being performed at the Iglise near Concorde . I loved the Bolero but it was hard listening to the requiem in Latin for an hour . 

To finish off a nice day the plan to get off near one if the busy stations backfired as it was a bit seedy so we returned to Ecole Militaire to a restaurant near the corner . 

The indoor smoking kicks of my asthma but we shared a steak tartare and fries , raw egg on top and it was absolutely delicious . Finished off with some crepes and ice cream. 

A great day . 

The sights of Paris

A paper map is invaluable . 

Our route took us to the 

- Eiffel Tower

- Trocadero

- Arc de Triumph

- Champs de Elysses

- Concorde and it's obelisk 

And a meander home via Invalides. 

Next day we continued with

- pyramids of Louvre

- Notre Dame

- Latin Quarter 

- Panetheon

- Jardin de Luxembourg 

-1800 at musee dOrsay 

 Day 3 . Took the metro to the saint Chapel with its high decorative windows . First glance it just seems decorative repetitive windows . But when we look at the detail and read about it . It follows the bible in picture from Genesis to the resurrection and revelation. Wonderful .