Walking Paris

I had forgotten how hard the cobblestones are to walk on in Paris - only took about 10 metres to realise what a bad idea they were. Pretty, but hard on the feet. We had a walk to the Le Halles area to collect some prepaid tickets - unfortunately one of the best kids playgrounds in Paris is closed for renovation.

Our first sightseeing was the Louvre - still as big as I remembered. We only got to see a small art of it, but it was what the kids wanted to see and all my feet could handle.

Basement entry to the Louvre - the quick way !

Just a few people wanting to see Mona

Our prepaid tickets allowed us to avoid the first line - to buy the tickets. Then we just had to go through the security screening - no way to avoid that ! Pretty quick - the line for the ladies toilets was took longer.










No courtesy in this crowd - even the kids couldn't get to the front to see the Mona Lisa.

Addi-tude in the Louvre

After the Louvre we walked along the Tuilleries to the Musee L Orangerie. Although we had skip the line tickets - so did another 50 people so we had a wait of about 20 minutes. It was worth it - Monet's waterlillys are still stunning. The children thought so too.

We are always amazed at the size of the paintings. Unfortunately you are not allowed to take photos of the paintings - luckily for us Peter likes to break the rules.

Another beautiful walk home to our home beside Notre Dame.

The River Seine & Notre Dame