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Our Magnificent
Journey |
Chapter 6 |
Europe 2005 |
London, Paris, Normandy, Prague |
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Enjoyed a terrific breakfast, then wandered out to find the marche along Rue St. Germaine des Pres. Quite cold today but no plueuie. Eventually the sun came out. We had fun at the market. Carol and I bought berets and scarves. We bought the berets from a charming fellow from Turkey. |
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Walked back to the hotel for a pit stop, then headed west to the grand Cathedral of St. Sulpice. There was a service in progress but we waited a while and after people disbursed, we located the Rose line mentioned in The Da Vinci Code. The massive pipe organ was very impressive. |
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Then we walked down to Boulevard St. Germaine and stopped at Café Mabillon for lunch of salmon tartare, tuna salad, salmon salad, croque jeunne homme and pommes frites. |
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After lunch we walked in the sunshine down Boulevard St. Germaine des Pres, mingling with the crowds, crossed the Seine in front of Notre Dame, with thousands of people there, to the Cite Metro stop where we jumped on and headed east to famous Pere Lachaise cemetery. Visited several graves of well-known persons, walked miles, saw many monuments to the victims of the Holocaust and generally knocked ourselves out. |
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Tired, we sat at the first café we came to (as Marc called it, “the closest café to Jim Morrison”) where we rested and savored cheese, mousse a la chocolat, tart and vin rouges. Very smoky. |
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Next, we jumped back on the Metro, made one change, and ended up in Paris' Chinatown. We selected Les Freres Gourmand for dinner. Excellent Chinese/Vietnamese food. |
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After dinner we took the Metro back to Odeon where we walked toward the hotel and found a comfortable café where we sat outside under the heaters and watched the nightlife of Paris flow by our table as we sipped muscatel port and enjoyed great conversation with great friends. |
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Exhausted, at midnight we walked 2 blocks to the hotel where we said "bon nuit" to M&M. Our bed felt so soft and comfortable that we fell asleep in minutes. Another fantastic adventure-filled day. |
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Pedometer reading for today - 8 miles |
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