Paris Day 3: What, What, WHAT are you doing !?

RUNNING ABOUT

Started the morning in the morning because I had some sites to hit today and be done by 4ish, because our train back to London was at 6:13pm, with half an hour for pre-boarding shenanigans and half an hour for travel.

My plan was Notre Dame first, but someone reminded me that it was a Sunday. Sunday means mass. And Notre Dame does a lot of masses on Sunday. So I switched up my schedule and went to the Louvre first instead.

The stop that is directly outside the the Louvre was closed for construction purposes so I had to attempt to find my way from the next stop. I found it without much trouble because the museum is huge.


One cannot comprehend the hugeness of this museum. I still can't and I was there. I again decided to forego the audio guide (even though the program ran on a 3Ds, which was awesome). You could have spent days in the museum just walking around. 



I only got a super tiny taste of what the museum had to offer although I did make sure to visit the Mona Lisa, the statue of Venus de Milo, and the statue of Cupid & Psyche, all of which were amazing.

After walking about a million miles of hallways and stairs (Europe has a love affair with stairs) wandering around through different artistic periods and ages, I finally found the Mona Lisa. The crowd was crazy but I managed to snap a photo or two.

Note: I was particularly impressed with the accessibility factor if the museum. While one who was in need of accessibility would have had to make a lot of u turns to see everything, it still seems like the most accessible museum I've seen so far. There was even space set aside at the Mona Lisa for a person to be able to see the painting (because they would never be able to normally).

BREAK-FAST

So finish the Louvre, off to Breakfast in America. It's a small casual place that endeavors to be American cooking. I did not get there with enough time to get a burger since Sunday brunch ran till 4pm, but I did get a hella good milkshake.

WHY ARE ALL THE STOPS I NEED CLOSED?

Then back to the underground and off to Notre Dame. Wandered around numerous other beautiful buildings attempting to find the one beautiful building I needed. Found it, but my time was limited and I have a thing for churches so I would've like more time and an audio tour. (Didn't get one at the place that I actually wanted one because the cashier people must have thought I was with someone else or something and never talked to me, so I just moved on down the line instead).

Could have planned
that a bit better, Paris.

Walking back trying to get to a different line on the metro (I didn't want to switch multiple times to get back to the hotel) and the stop is closed.

Again.



Seriously, Paris. What, what, what are you doing? Three of the key items and tourist destinations of Paris (the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, and Notre Dame) have their direct stops closed. 





Got the luggage, went back to the train station and returned to London without further incident. Excited to be back and ready for the next adventure!!!