Last day in Paris and still lots to do.
Today we took the Hop on Hop off Bus. These are great value and you get a live commentary with a bit of background to the main sites. There are 4 different routes. We take the loop to Bastille.
When we hopped of the bus there was a huge market on. You can buy everything - clothes, flowers, veges, meat, fish. They are very popular. Lots of locals filling their bags up.
Next Pere Lachaise Cemetary to visit the legendary Jim Morrison - The Doors. He certainly gets lots of visitors. There are a steady stream of people visiting today. Oscar Wilde is also buried here, along with lots of other important French dignitaries.
Head back to hop on the bus to do main tourist loop past lots of the sites we have seen. A few we haven't as yet.
Pont Neuf - the oldest of the bridges that cross the Seine. Opened in 1607
Bridge with Thousands of Padlocks. Ours is there too!
Fountain at the Concorde
Champs du Elysées - the traffic is crazy.
Eiffel Tower again - love. It!
We hopped off here and went to the Orangerie Musee mainly to see Monet's Nymphiads (waterlilies).
They are housed in 2 oval shaped rooms giving a real surround experience. Stunning!
The room is so peaceful and the paintings mesmerising . Didn't want to leave. No photos allowed here.
Tummies rumbling we head for the bus to find a gorgeous little spot the night before in Montmarte. On the way walk past a few more well known spots.
Place Vendome - the real posh area. Ritz is in behind here. 360 degrees of these buildings. Beautiful. Built in 1699.
Amazing inscription all around this column which celebrates the Battle of Austerlitz and it's victor, Napoleon 1st, whose statue stands on top.
The famous Paris Opera House where the "Phantom of the Opera" was said to have lived down in the sewers beneath the Opera House."
Found our little restaurant in Montmarte. The Sacre Coeur - the church that overlooks Paris was absolutely crazy - it was a Bank Holiday.
Our meal was delicious - traditional French onion soup, Beef bourginon and crepes for dessert.
Last stop for the day Musee 'Orsay. This gallery is set in an old rail station building.It houses a very big display of artworks. Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, Van Gogh just to name a few. Incredible to see such art close up . Stunning! No photos of the art but I shot some of the clock from inside and out.
We strolled back along the Seine and had a coffee on the way back to the apartment. Day done!
Sacre Coeur in the background.
Ces merveilleuses expériences à retenir (such marvellous experiences to remember!)
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