Paris, France, Day four
We woke to our first hint of blue sky! Is that a rarity in Paris? Simon went and found us some pastries, our normal breakfast now. We got going pretty early in order to find the Catacombs by opening time. We passed some huge cemetaries, with huge tombs put aside for families. Simon tells me there just wasn’t enough room for all the bodies though, thus there are the Catacombs - old quarries filled with bones. With much disappointment, the Catacombs had been vandalized and are not open to the public until further notice. We then had a drink and a croissant while we disscused where to next. We ended up on Rive Gauche, the Left Bank, an headed for Pont Neuf. Once there, we walked along Ile de la Cité to Notre Dame and had a look around inside. I really liked the stained glass windows and Simon thought the statue of Joan of Arc was pretty cool. We decided not to climb the towers, but Simon was sure to stand for a photo on ‘point zero’ outside the church.
We then spotted a really cute, old restaurant on Ile Saint-Louis. There we tried the famous buckwheat crepes. Mine was very nice… cream, fresh tomato and basil. There’s something about the tomatoes in Europe, they just taste better!
We then walked back toward Trocadero and the Eiffel Tower. The undercover cops had just busted some of the dodgy souvenir sellers and were dropping their confiscated merchandise all over the place for greedy tourists (like us!) to grab. Good one! We had another great view of the tower before heading down Rue Cler and looking in the cheese and meat shops. We bought some delicious ham and cheese, as well as some amazing chocolate and raspberry macaroons. After a leisurely afternoon drink we found a spot for dinner. Being the great tourists we are, I ordered snails and Simon got French onion soup. Both delicious! I can’t believe all the good food we’ve had! The snails weren’t too garlicky which was good. I was a bit scared of them at first but I’ve taken a liking to them now… yumbo! Shopping tomorrow - can’t wait!!!! Katie xo
