Today we headed out to begin to see sites that are on the radar for Don and are still of interest to us. We took our bus down to the Hotel de Ville and walked across the Seine to Notre Dame we thought that we would perhaps avoid crowds at that hour, but alas it was not to be. Still it took perhaps 10 minutes waiting to get in, not a great inconvenience. They were holding a noon mass so we were not able to sit in the nave and talk about the building but we did have a nice walkabout and Don was able to read about the history of the construction of the cathedral. After our visit we headed over to our favorite little Italian osteria for lunch. It is situated in a little side alley next to the St Michel fountain in the building that was constructed by Francois I for his mistress in the early 1500's. We like it because it has been consistently good and has fair prices especially for the area. We were able to eat outdoors where it was shady and cool.
After lunch we walked back to the Seine where we boarded our BatoBus boat for a river's eye view of the city. It allows us to get on at one place and off at another very much like the water taxis in Venice. So we rode from Notre Dame around to the eastern most stop and then all the way west to the Tour Eiffel where we got off. We did our little walkabout and sat in the shade for a few minutes then back on the boat and returned to the Notre Dame stop where we then crossed the Seine again and on to the bus for home. This picture reminded me of Denver, I call it DIA meets the Eiffel Tower.
A quiet, and light, snack in the evening finished the day.
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