Lunch
Bridge where lovers put a lock to symbolize their love and always being together. I saw the same thing at the Great Wall in China.
Paris Opera House
What a beautiful place. It took 40 years to build in 1850s. They ran out of money. Seats 1900 but has 300 blind seats. They build a new one it recent years. This is now used for ballet.
The gallery
Chagall painting
Main steps
River cruise at night. Not worth it. Can be skipped. Also it was so cold. There was a full moon.
After we went for mussels for dinner again. Restaurant was called Leon's. We toured from 9:30 in the AM to 10:00 PM. Long days and a lot of walking.
We stopped into the Apple store. It was a converted bank. Had a small basement and second floor. Was unbelievably crowded. Hundreds of people milling around. Such a happening. We found free Internet there.
Our hotel was $300 a night the first two nights. Cigarette smell and very small room. Now we are in a $500 a night room. No smoking and very nice. We have a corner room with a window on both sides. The last two nights there has been NOISE outside. The first night was like a street fair. Last night was singing and like a protest march. Police were called. It went on all night. When we complained. The manager said, It is Paris!!! Tonight is too cold for all that activity outside. Except there are homeless sleeping one floor below me. We are on the second floor. There are two couples with babies leaning against the wall outside the hotel. Babies in 30 degree weather outside! And men sleeping in other areas. This is the picture Sunday morning. See the stroller. I wonder where the mattress came from. In the morning, they were all gone. But I found some things stored behind a post. One mother was talking on a cell phone. I heard a baby crying last night. I understand a person becoming homeless and some people prefer to be homeless. Many people are mentally ill. Families can not help them and they are worn down with the ill persons problems. But putting a baby into the lifestyle? Is there no one to take the child? The guide explained that many of the homeless come from Eastern countries. Thinking they will have a better life. There are charities that walk the streets at night and try to help. France will send the people back to their country.
What was I thinking about coming to Paris without a scarf? It is COLD. It was not supposed to be this cold. Everyone wears a scarf. Generally, I do not like wearing them. But I also go from car to building in the USA. Not walk the streets and up and down the Metro.
Well I fixed the problem. I liked the scarf. And it was the cheapest one at the Louvre. And none of them were cheap! Thanks, Eve for my North Face flannel coat. And the Kipling purse. Next visit I will bring a hat.
One of the things we were warned about was pickpockets. Well a young girl dropped a gold ? Ring in front of me. I started to lean down and Jack grabbed my arm and told her to get away. Hours later, the same girl did it again in front of me when we left the museum. Then she looked at me a began to laugh, as did I. She realized, she had played than trick on me before. Same thing happened with an old woman. I safety pinned the zipper on my purse after one women told me she was almost robbed on the Metro.
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