Here is the bed and the bathtub/sink room.
Aaron in the large empty space and the toilet room. Really big!
We got out the door and took the subway out to Sacre Coure after buying some smelly cheese at the local market. This is me with the metro coming. I thought Aaron took nice photo. Think he can quit his day job?
The church is up on a hill away from the rest of the tourist sites (more or less). There is the church, shops, a market, and Moulon Rouge (Red Windmill) is the in the area (I think). We visited the church and did a little shopping. The church had some cool mosaics on the dome that I need to read about (no time yet). Unfortunately, this church was a madhouse when we got there not to mention the fact that there was a service in progress! Anyway, here are a couple of pictures from there that I liked.
We got back on the metro and took it to the Museum de l'Armee which has the tomb of Napoleon and the dome church (check the pictures from yesterday). Before we went in, we ate our lunch of baguettes (long, skinny bread) and cheese (brie and some other similar stinky cheese) in a little park next to the museum. It was a nice, quiet, and pretty place to eat. Here is Aaron finishing up his bread.
Here I am in front of the museum looking onto a Paris street...just a different perspective.
Aaron in the garden outside the museum. I like the look of the park, buildings and of course, the Eiffel Tower in the background.
Here I am in front of the museum talking on the phone to Mom and Dad Murlick :) Hi Mom & Dad!
The building is really big and used to be entirely a military hospital but now only has a small wing for that. We actually skipped the military history part of the museum and went to the dome church that is part of the building. We got an audioguide that had a nice description of the church and some information on Napoleon. It was definitely worth the time to listen. This is me with Napoleon's tomb. If you look closely, you can see Napolean's uniform on display upstairs in the glass case.
We took the subway over to the Pantheon where we intended to go up to the top of the dome (yes, name stolen from Rome...this one is WAY newer...hahaha). Unfortunately, you can only go up with a guide, and we were there at the wrong time. We did take a walk around the inside (luckily skipping the line thanks to the museum pass). Inside they had Focault's Pendulum, a weighted ball on a really long string that swings and keeps time. It was really cool to see this. This is my favorite photo that Aaron took of it...you can see the motion of the ball with me in the background.
Aaron with a model of the Pantheon.
And Aaron outside with the Pantheon in the background.
We went back to the hotel (and picked up a Ben & Jerry's cone on the way - best ice cream in Paris!) to get our bags. We got our car out from the parking garage and drove out to Bayeux, our base for touring the Normandy beaches. Getting out of Paris was a little more stressful this time because TomTom (navigator) wasn't functioning very well. We made it out to the highway and drove the 3 hours without too much trouble. Of course, we had the tolls to deal with, but not so much traffic. We arrived at the Hotel Reine Mathilde and parked the car in the free town lot behind. Bayeux is an old style town and is very touristy since all the D-Day tours leave from there. It was a nice base though.
We had dinner at the hotel that night (I had a great salad and Aaron had a dish of potatoes, ham and cheese with a salad). We had some good cider also and crepes for dessert. After dinner we crashed...it was another busy day!
May 3, 2008, Paris and Bayeux, France
1 comment:
Loved the picture of the two of you framing the church. What a church! Yowsers! More like a castle. Was funny seeing you with your baguettes and cheese. When I was in Paris, I was afraid that would be all I could get to eat - I didn't know how to say or figure out what anything else was on the menu. Fortunately, I was with Mary Hiller who works for me and is quite attractive - so the French men were very helpful when I was with her.
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