Sacre Couer and Monmartre
The two of us posing for a photo in front of Sacré Coeur. We’re still working on that our self-portrait skills.
Shopping and Post Cards
Angela just hanging out on the Alexander III bridge. She loves to go around the world looking at bridges with me, just ask her.
Angela and I tend to like weird souvenirs from our travels. Our theory is to bring something home about the place and our experience there that we can use for ourselves. In England, it was a one-serving tea kettle for Angela a region 2 DVD of our favorite BBC show for me. In Paris, we decided that a crepe pan was in order since we both became addicted to them. We went to one of Paris’ large department store and got a nice little non-stick number; made in France, of course. We also bought some art books from the Museé d’Orsay and the Louvre, while there. We have little use for trinkets, but crepes… I’m buying some Nutella this week.
Spending The Last Evening Watching The Eiffel Tower
More of that taking one’s picture if front of monuments. Fun stuff. Thanks to the random American guy who took our photo.
Angela thought it would be nice to spend our last evening sitting out at the Trocadero watching the lights on the Eiffel Tower. Since that was the first thing we went to see in Paris, it had sort of full-circle appeal to me and I agreed it was the thing to do. The tower is lit up continuously every night, at the flashing lights installed a few years ago supposedly come on for 15 minutes every hour after dusk. That is, unless you plan to spend you last evening in Paris watching them. Then, they don’t come on at all. Still, getting to spend a couple of hours writing some post cards in one of the world’s most amazing open spaces has plenty of charm, even with no flashing lights.
As seen from our hotel room, the morning sky over Paris rooftops on the morning we flew back home.