Tuesday, September 27
At last we are in a room that's quiet at night - consequently we slept in, but we needed it after not sleeping all that well in Nantes! We decided to skip breakfast and have an early lunch before setting off on our walking tour of Paris, and ate at a nice restaurant near Place de la Republic.
It was a beautiful sunny day so we just strolled along, checking out the shops, buildings, people and monuments along the way. We were obviously in the theatre district as we passed a number of theatres along this street, as well as 2 old city gates. Noelle managed to get some retail therapy in, which is certainly one of the attractions of coming to Paris.
The area we were exploring was between Republic and Opera, and we detoured down to the Palais Royal area, which is a favourite of ours. We noticed a lot of the entrances to the Metro stops were very fancy, but this one was definitely over the top!
By this stage school was out, and it was good to see mums and dads taking their children to play in the parks rather than letting them sit at home on a computer or watching tv! We finally made it to the Opera House as the sun was highlighting the golden figures on the top - it was a spectacular sight, and it's a beautiful building.
After a coffee and pastry to re-energise us, we headed for home, taking a different route so as to take in more of the lovely old buildings and streets that make Paris so appealing to visit, no matter up many times you've been there. As we approached Place de la Republic again, there was a beautiful pink sky behind it as the sun was setting, so we have another sunny day coming up tomorrow.
At last we are in a room that's quiet at night - consequently we slept in, but we needed it after not sleeping all that well in Nantes! We decided to skip breakfast and have an early lunch before setting off on our walking tour of Paris, and ate at a nice restaurant near Place de la Republic.
It was a beautiful sunny day so we just strolled along, checking out the shops, buildings, people and monuments along the way. We were obviously in the theatre district as we passed a number of theatres along this street, as well as 2 old city gates. Noelle managed to get some retail therapy in, which is certainly one of the attractions of coming to Paris.
The area we were exploring was between Republic and Opera, and we detoured down to the Palais Royal area, which is a favourite of ours. We noticed a lot of the entrances to the Metro stops were very fancy, but this one was definitely over the top!
By this stage school was out, and it was good to see mums and dads taking their children to play in the parks rather than letting them sit at home on a computer or watching tv! We finally made it to the Opera House as the sun was highlighting the golden figures on the top - it was a spectacular sight, and it's a beautiful building.
After a coffee and pastry to re-energise us, we headed for home, taking a different route so as to take in more of the lovely old buildings and streets that make Paris so appealing to visit, no matter up many times you've been there. As we approached Place de la Republic again, there was a beautiful pink sky behind it as the sun was setting, so we have another sunny day coming up tomorrow.
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