Monday, November 14

Day 13- Donuts and Notre Dame!


We woke up this morning looking for a patisserie called Carton that a friend recommended. Apparently they're either closed for the season, most likely, or just closed. No Luck! :( 

But there's always more pastries close by and we found some good ones!! 


We had an excellent quiche for breakfast and a croissant donut! 


We ate it while sitting on a bench on the Pont Neuf, the oldest bridge in Paris! We had great food and a great view of a great city over the Seine. Life is good! 


Then we went to St Chappelle church.
That's the church that Saint Louis built to house the crown of thorns. It has some of the most complete 13th century stained glass in the world and may be the most beautiful interior of a church we have ever seen! 


You walk in the downstairs, where the commoners prayed and it's beautiful! Then you walk up a tight spiral staircase into the place where the wealthy and royalty prayed and it literally took our breath away.
  I've actually been there before and was still stunned at how spectacular it is! It's all stained glass that seems like there's hardly anything holding it all together.


 It really took about 15 minutes to pick our jaws up off the floor and start doing our self-guided tour. The crown of thorns and the case that was bought to put it in cost, in today's money, about 900 million euros. 


The magnificent church built to house it only cost about 150 million euros to build. The whole thing cost over a billion euros of today's money! Unreal!!! And it was built in only 6 years as opposed to 200 years for Notre Dame cathedral. 

That's truly a can't miss sight in Paris. I can't recommend it more!



 After that we went to the Louvre! We spent about 4 hours there and felt like we did a pretty good job of working our way through the largest museum in the western world! And after all that time, there was still so much more to see! We really enjoyed it although it feels like work trying to get through the whole thing. There's just so much there! 




That being said, there is just one masterpiece after another. 


The French really got a lot of great stuff through the years.





What we post pictures of, that's just the pieces that moved us the most!

















After that we went back to our room and rested our weary feet. 
 :) 

After a couple hours, we went for dinner at a place right around the corner and had another wonderful meal.


  For the first time, we almost forgot to take pictures!!! That shows you what a walk through the Louvre does to people! LOL We tried to put it all back together and made the best of it.  Hope it still looks as good as it was! 



We have had one bad meal in 2 weeks, and it sure wasn't today!! That's pretty darn impressive!!!

  
Tomorrow is our last day! :(
We have our final cooking class. Time to perfect our macaroons!!! 

Not sure what else we will do, but we will definitely enjoy our last day!
Thanks for taking this amazing journey with us. It's been so special for us, and being able to share it with all who are interested makes it even more meaningful. 

Signing off for the night. We love you all!
-Brian and Emily

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