More rain in Paris

This morning we walked down the street beside this apartment building, Faubourg St. Denis (I think) to explore and get breakfast. It's a fun, mixed-use street full of all kinds of shops which are mostly food vendors of one kind or another. It was great fun, and maybe one of the best parts of the day. We picked out a selection of miscellaneous foodstuffs and brought them back to the apartment to eat. I didn't take the camera for some reason on this foray, but will do so tomorrow.

Eventually we did get out to Notre Dame. The whole cathedral is simply stunning inside and out, but unfortunately, it's so dark and huge inside that pictures just don't work well in there. I got this good one as we were crossing the street away from it. See the famous flying buttresses?

Here's an image of the front with Joe and Lessie. It's hard to imagine just how enormous this thing is or how intricately carved the whole thing is. They had the bell towers closed off for renovations, so we didn't get to do that -- one of the things I really wanted to see.


This is the Orsey Museum where we spent most of the afternoon. Another massive structure that is very interesting architecturally. Oh year, and it's FILLED with famous and recognizable art.

Then there's the Eiffel Tower, and as you can see, it was dark by the time we got there. Not to mention very cold and raining. All this after a very frustrating time with the public transportation system, a fight with a French waiter after dinner, then more frustration and a wrong-way ride on the train trying to get home, and being rained on every time we stepped outside. At this point I feel like if I left Paris tomorrow and never came back it would be OK. We'll see how the rest of the week goes.

Well, it looks like my pictures won't upload until I delete some of the earlier posts, and I'm too tired to fool with it now. I'll put them up tomorrow.