Paris

Wednesday was the day to go to Paris. It would be great if I could speak French so I could have some idea of what was happening. As usual, Lilia to the rescue.

It took one bus and one train to get to the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris. Then we went to the post office and sent out some postcards and sat outside at a cafe and had coffee and croissant doing some planning. Such a comfortable day. We were thinking of going on a hop on hop off bus, but couldn’t find designated stops, so we took the subway to the Musee de l’Orangerie (art museum) which is at the Place de La Concorde (where all the guillotine executions happened in the 1790’s, including King Louis XVI).

After the museum, we strolled around and enjoyed some granitas and even had a hot dog. Most of the walk areas were blocked so it made for some interesting walking in that area. 

Oh, did you want to know why? Because Bastille day is on the 14th. That would be this weekend and they are setting up bleachers and all the necessary items for the public to enjoy the events. We will miss the festivities in Paris, but hope to see some in Dunkirk, where we are going on Saturday.