Paris 2017 – Day 7

Steps today: 22 605. I’m not surprised that it’s lower than average, I did a lot of terrace lounging today!

I was out the door a little after 8AM this morning, again since most places only open at 10AM I occupied my time travelling a little out of town to see of some sights on my list. I went to the islands in the Seine that are southwest of Central Paris, where the Seine does one of it’s many U-turns. First was Île Seguin to see the Seine Musical. It was really nothing special, perhaps I had to be even further west to get better shots.

After this, I walked eastwards towards Île Saint-Germain. It was a nice sunny walk along the Seine and I was really interested in all the houseboats moored along the river.

The purpose of going to Île Saint-Germain was to get a picture of the Tour aux Figures. I had seen it on TV a few years ago when watching the Tour de France and I said I’d get a picture of it one day. DONE!

I also came across a horseback riding school; the little kiddies on their ponies were SOOO CUUUTE!

The big kids were practicing their jumping.

By the time I got back to Paris it was already after 10:30AM so I found a heated terrace and had some brunch. It was SO SO SO zen. I felt so good! No stress, no thoughts of anything I needed to do, no anxiety about getting things done at home or at work… it was a very rare moment where I was really able to empty my brain.

And what’s brunch without champagne? I LOVED their stemware.

Next, I went to the Museum of Liberation. I am so glad I didn’t do it on Wednesday when I was cramming it all in. I am so fascinated by the French Resistance, I am glad I visited when my brain was prepared to take it in properly.

This letter made me cry, I was so embarrassed, it just touched me so much I couldn’t help it. It was so poignant.

From here, I walked over to the Champs Élysées for some more loungy terrace time… my neighbour was not as happy as I was to watch the world go by!

It was almost 3PM by the time I left, where did the time go?!?!?! I walked to the Picasso Museum in the Marais; Picasso is not my thing so I gave it a really high-level walk through. The best part was when I left I saw it had been raining while I was inside, so I got a break from the weather without even knowing it!

The Marais was PACKED. So full of people it was unbelievable! it actually started to be too much for me after a while and I was glad to eventually emerge from the throng.

I wanted to visit the Shoah Memorial but it was closed, not sure why, maybe I’ll try again tomorrow.

I continued walking to Île Saint-Louis and was lured in by another heated terrace, but I didn’t last long – it was so windy that the heat lamps were not helping!

I left after my first course and finished supper at another resto, where I sat inside!! I had a nightcap at the smoky café across the street from my hotel that I was avoiding all week, it was really nice but I was right to avoid it – the smoke was pretty intense. Still, can’t beat the location in spitting distance of my hotel’s front door.

Here are some random pictures of my day:

Good night!