Last day in Paris

Just getting out of bed was painful! Crippled! Like a bunch of old...oh, I was gonna say grannies, but 2/3 of this trio are grannies. Debbie & Cheryl have 16 grandchildren between them! (Soon to be 18!) Yes, really! They sure don't make grandmas like they used to, eh?




So anyway - we were in pain! Whose brilliant idea was it to walk down the Eiffel Tower anyway? OW, OW, OW!

Once we got moving it wasn't so bad, but those stairs up & down to the Metro stations almost killed us. OW, OW, OW!

We decided on a hop-on, hop-off Seine river cruise. Of course, in our case, it was more of a hobble-on, hobble-off cruise. OW, OW, OW!




One of our fellow passengers. I know, right?!




The Musée d'Orsay, home to the largest collection of impressionist, and post- impressionist artworks.




Wandering around the streets in the St. Germain area.







How handy is this? A tiny little pay-at-the-pump, roadside gas stop.




A bit of window shopping.




The Musée de Rodin. The Thinker lives in the garden there.








A lover's paradise. Just noticed that he is wearing a wedding ring.
I wonder if...




There were speakers hidden in the trees, and some creepy sort of chanting that almost sounded like breathy laughter took us off guard a few times while we strolled through the gardens.




Pretty, but not a smeller.




The dome of Les Invalides peeking out from behind the trees.




Dan & I first saw this in China. People attach locks to a bridge to symbolize eternal love. It has caught on big time in Paris. This was one of several bridges that we came across.




I'm not sure how the structure withstands the enormous weight.




Both sides of the bridge were completely covered!




Notre Dame de Paris (Our Lady of Paris) opened in 1345.











According to Wikipedia:
21 May 2013: Around 1,500 visitors were evacuated from Notre-Dame Cathedral after Dominique Venner, a historian, placed a letter on the Church altar and shot himself. He died immediately.

Yikes, I'm glad I didn't know that when we were there. Even gladder that we weren't there in May!













Loved the stained glass.







And that was Paris! Just the tip of the iceberg, really, but we hit most of the highlights. The rest will still be there next time.