As my vacation went on, I had no will to work on my blog nightly.
I completed the entries after I got home.
Steps: 29 531 / 19.2km
So close, and yet so far from 30k!!! I'm tempted to just walk down to the lobby and back just to put it over 30k!
After our interrupted sleep last night, we woke up just after 7AM and were on the road by 8:15. Perfect.
We had breakfast at a cute café near our hotel, the same place we went for capps last night, but they were pretty rude this morning, like we were interrupting them. We won't be back for breakfast, besides, I don't like to repeat restos on vacation anyway; the proximity to the hotel just made it convenient, but we are hardly starving for options
Our first stop was St Trinity Church, which shockingly we don't remember ever visiting on previous trips, but it was covered for renovations. BOOOO!
Next, the Paris Pagoda:
Then, Parc Monceau for a view of the Arc de Triomphe from a particular spot.
I think people are not using regular phone-cams to capture this image; mine is quite simple by comparison. Can you even see the arc? HA!
From there, we walked to the Arc to gawk at it a little from a distance, we didn't explore it more on this trip.....
.... and onwards to Bois de Boulogne. The Jardin d'Acclimatation has been on my list of things to see for a few trips, so I was happy to cross that item off. It's really mostly a kiddy amusement park / zoo, we did a swing through without doing any of the rides. It was cute overall and the walk was nice.
Next stop was lunch back near the Arc, and as just like when I am home, the place is empty when I arrive and packed when I leave. It's so enjoyable to eat outside when the weather cooperates. For us that means, not hot and not in the direct sun.
With our full bellies, we waddled to the Trocadero for some iconic Eiffel Tower pictures, but most of it was cordoned off for renos, and even the peekaboo windows were marred by Love Locks so we did not see much from that spot!
We crossed the Bir Hakim Bridge... and did get the Tower from that angle....
.... then over to the Ecole Militaire to take images of the tower from that angle, but no, FOILED AGAIN! a new building blocked those views too! All you can see is the tippy top. We'll come back another day to try again.
We stopped for a liquid fuel break at one of my favourite cafes in the area (Tourville)
Sauternes for me!
We walked passed the Invalides Dome on the way to our next destination, no lingering this time since we've explored it in detail on previous visits.
Next was St Clotilde Church - another place we never managed to see on any previous trips - amazing!
Then, it was off to get pictures of the Continent Statues at Musée d'Orsay. It was a challenge due to the school groups that used the same area as a gathering place. I intended to wait them out but it took too long so I ploughed in and just asked them to kindly move over. They were really nice about it, and I overheard a few of them say how much they like my accent. Cute.
Europe - Asia - Africa
North America - South America - Oceania
Frank unfortunately got a huge blister on his heel, and it broke at that moment so he had a hard time walking for a bit. We therefore stopped for another drink near St Michel to take a load off.
Afterwards, we walked around Notre Dame, taking in as much as we could since it's mostly behind scaffolding. It was quite something to see all the images of the fire damage on the information panels erected all around it.
Our last stop was supper at another one of my favourite cafés (Les Deux Palais).
Bring on the cheese!
We took the metro home after that, too tired and achy to walk. Frank got pickpocketed!!! Some guy tried to steal his phone, but he caught him right away and when he yelled out: "hey! my phone!" the guy gave it back just like that. Wow! lucky break! I still feel my anxiety levels rise when I think of what could have been!
After that drama, we both noticed that everyone around us were wearing masks - except for us! Whops! OMG. After ONE day we lost the habit. We quickly put them on, hoping no one around us would curse us out.
We wanted to stop for a coffee before calling it a day, but the place we had in mind was full so we took it as a sign and turned in.
Good night!
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