We did the Rick Steves Historic Paris Walk. It started at Notre Dame. Outside is a small metal disk on the ground that is called Point Zero- it was the center of Paris 2300 years ago and is the spot from which all distances in Paris is measured. We went inside and then waited in line for over an hour to climb to the top. Had we known it was going to take that long, I don't think we would have waited! The good news was there was a crepe stand across the street, so i got to eat a crepe while waiting!
The next main part of our sightseeing was walking around the Latin Quarter, although it looked more like the Greek Quarter cause there were a lot of gyro places that looked FANTASTIC! This was the first time we had seen a ton of restaurants advertising fondue, so we stopped here for some lunch and it was delicious.
That afternoon we visited the Conciergie which was an old prison and where Marie Antoinette was held. This is where they kept the prisoners before taking them to the guillotine. The building was really beautiful today.
Then we went to Sainte-Chapelle which was another really long line...probably an hour even though we got to cut into a shorter line with our museum pass. It was built in 1242 in just 6 years in a gothic style and had incredible stained glass which depicts over 1000 bible scenes. A lot of the glass was still original and was so dirty.
We then did Rick Steves Marais Walk, which explored an area of town where we had gone to dinner previously and really liked the area. The main thing we did here was the Holocaust Memorial-- which we wished we would have known that this was a HUGE museum and allowed for more time. Instead we had about an hour to rush through before they closed. It's something we would probably go back to if we went to Paris again and had time to spare.
By the time we got back to the hotel, we were exhausted from a ton of walking and decided to just eat dinner near the hotel. We walked a block and went to Cent Kilo and it was decent-- not the best ever, but good enough! I got fajitas cause it was one of the first menus we had seen that had more American-style food that you would expect at most restaurants here. They were ok, but not sure how to describe them...just a little different than what fajitas taste like here.
