Friday, December 30, 2011

Day 19 - Paris, France

I awoke quite early this morning still not totally adjusted to Paris time. Read through a pile of Paris and surrounding area brochures and studied maps whilst waiting for Sharon to wake up.
Headed out to buy some bread for breakfast at the local Bakery on the corner.

We then headed out and walked down the street and then along Avenue de Champs-Élysées down to Place de la Concorde, along Rue De Rivoli (stopped for coffee) and then into the Jardin des Tuileries along to the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and then underground to see the inverted Pei glass pyramid at the Musée du Louvre.

We then headed back in towards Opera, and down around Place Vendôme, which seems to be the jewellery capital of the world. After looking around at the extravagant and stupidly decadent jewellery on show, we headed back towards our apartment passing the impressive L'église de la Madeleine. We stopped to get some more groceries to make dinner and a bottle of Bordeaux Vin Rouge.