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dear_prudencehello again! london continues to be very pleasant, and we are very comfortable and well looked after at chez katz. it's so lovely of dan's folks to put us up like this in their beautiful home!
i left off at the end of our second day in paris.
the next day began with a walk through the marais (the suburb of paris where we were staying), and a look at some stalls at a local market
when have i ever passed up an opportunity to take photos of flowers?
a mysterious mushroom tree (there was no angle to take this photo from that didn't have a busy background - but if you look hard enough you get the idea :p)
fromage! nomnomnom!
our walk took us to a garden with a name that were completely unable to pronounce. we sat there for a while and ate grapes and drank orangina. very pleasant on such a bright sunny day.
then we took the metro up to montmatre to see sacre coeur. here is sajee, with the view from sacre coeur spread out behind her:
the cathedral is a beautiful sight - especially when set against a bright blue sky
inside sacre coeur
i'm not sure how i personally feel about the catholic god, but i do respond to the idea of the virgin mary. whoever she was i'm certain she was an extraordinary woman. i lit a candle and placed it at her feet with a prayer for mothers and children, and for courage, compassion, and love.
we had lunch in montmatre in a little cafe where a man played cello to the diners. my salad had five kinds of cheese in it. win!
in the afternoon we went for a drive around the city and saw some of the big sights again. it was such a lovely day, and this was the perfect way to finish it.
i left off at the end of our second day in paris.
the next day began with a walk through the marais (the suburb of paris where we were staying), and a look at some stalls at a local market
when have i ever passed up an opportunity to take photos of flowers?
a mysterious mushroom tree (there was no angle to take this photo from that didn't have a busy background - but if you look hard enough you get the idea :p)
fromage! nomnomnom!
our walk took us to a garden with a name that were completely unable to pronounce. we sat there for a while and ate grapes and drank orangina. very pleasant on such a bright sunny day.
then we took the metro up to montmatre to see sacre coeur. here is sajee, with the view from sacre coeur spread out behind her:
the cathedral is a beautiful sight - especially when set against a bright blue sky
inside sacre coeur
i'm not sure how i personally feel about the catholic god, but i do respond to the idea of the virgin mary. whoever she was i'm certain she was an extraordinary woman. i lit a candle and placed it at her feet with a prayer for mothers and children, and for courage, compassion, and love.
we had lunch in montmatre in a little cafe where a man played cello to the diners. my salad had five kinds of cheese in it. win!
in the afternoon we went for a drive around the city and saw some of the big sights again. it was such a lovely day, and this was the perfect way to finish it.
