Steps today: 24 649... approximately!
My Fitbit died today. Not just battery-dead, but dead-dead. (It was a Charge 5 and I've had it for about 4 years I think) I tried restarting it, recharging it, and following all instructions to bring it back to life, but alas nothing worked. It died around 4PM reading 16 649, but we walked a least an hour and half after this, so I added another 8k to the number to be more realistic.
After this day, I charged the Google Fit app on my phone and the numbers didn't make sense to me for rest of the trip - we rarely cracked 20k per day!?!?!? Frank feels it's accurate because we did do a lot of long train and bus journeys, but I remain suspicious.
We started Day 2 with breakfast at another of our favourite spots, and got a great window seat to watch the world go by on the busy Boulevard Saint-Germain. It was perfect until someone plonked down right in front of us and not only lit up a cigarette, but blocked our view. Ah well, that's Europe.
I don't remember now if we had a specific goal for the morning, but we wandered passed the Fontaine Saint-Michel which is finally out of hiding following renovation.... but a good picture was still a challenge due to all the tents in the square.
Next was Notre Dame, but the line-ups were too long. I've seen it since the Big Reopening and frankly I liked it better before.
One thing on my Paris List I have yet to experience is climbing the Tour Saint-Jacques. Turns out I would not check that box on this trip - it's closed for renovation until 2028!
Fontaine des Innocents with no one sitting around! This is the up-side of drizzly weather.
We wandered around Les Halles for a while.
And finally our ultimate destination: Lunch at Brasserie Mollard. I wanted to bring Frank to show him the beautiful interior. I could just have bread and water and still be happy here. It's so nice to be in beautiful surroundings.
My lunch was not stellar, but I didn't care. I wasn't really there for the food.
Next was a walk over to L'Église de la Sainte Trinité because Frank hasn't seen it since the exterior restorations were completed. This is going to sound dumb, but I can never figure out how to get in! It always looks closed or fenced off... I must be missing a completely difference entrance. Once of these visits I will really have to take the time to figure it out....
On this trip, we just admired it from the café across the street.
Next we walked up to Montmartre
Then a drink stop, where I discovered my Fitbit was dead.
It's been quite a while since I visited the inside of the Church, so we went in for a quick spin.
Enjoyed the views walking back down, and then a quick coffee so we could use the bathroom
It was almost 6 o'clock by then, so thoughts turned towards supper. I suggested Bouillon Chartier Montparnasse because it's cheap, close to the hotel and would satisfy my yearning for beautiful interiors. It was turned back into a Bouillon format in 2019 and frankly I liked the menu better before, but still, it was good.... minus the food looking like it's about to slip off my plate! Sloppy.
My sad egg looks cute!
We were back in the room by 8ish, time to pack up the suitcases and get some sleep - moving on tomorrow!
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