WEEKEND 13. Paris, Avignon, and Nimes.Thursday
Enter TAYLOR and DANIEL.
- Went to Bastille market in the morning
- Bought lots of fruit (lots of oranges) and souvenirs
- Bakery to buy bread and lemon tart, Fromagerie for "Fountanbleu" & "Creamy Goat Cheese"
- Fruit breakfast
- Visit Hotel Sully
- Walked through "Le Marais" to the Seine.
- "Paris Plage"
- Pont Neuf
- Past Musée d'Orsey to metro, back to apartment.
- Really good take-out Chinese food, ate at apartment.
Friday
- 7am TGV to Avignon.
- Took bus to Station Central.
- Walked up main street (Rue Republic): crèpes and H&M.
- Past main plaza (Place d'Horloge)
- To Place des Papes (ate crèpes & lady singing "lala").
- To Pont d'Avignon.
- Walked on fort walls, up to garden with crazy fountain.
- Down to Palas des Papes.
- Palas des Papes tour.
- Walked down "Rue Républic": ice cream & H&M.
- Sent post cards to Joyce and Keller, bought Garett the "Bread Man"
- Early for the train: 20 minutes to spare!!!
- Arrived in Nimes.
- Walked to main square, saw magnificent church.
- Made it to the Arena, tour of massive Arena. Like a Roman Gladiator Arena.
- Headed back to train.
- Back to Paris, ate at "Vins des Pyrenes."
Saturday
- Light breakfast, headed to Musée du Cluny.
- Tour of Musée du Moyen Age.
- Walked to Sorbonne, up to Place de la Sorbonne : ate an orange.
- Bought panini's, ate them at Jardins du Luxembourg (live band playing)
- Walked around les Jardins, saw:
- Palace
- Fountains (kids with boats)
- Tennis courts
- On way to Pantheon, stopped to buy souvenirs.
- Took pictures of Pantheon & headed towards metro, but...
- Entered St. Gervais church
- Taylor spotted an interesting building, was attracted to it. We walked to it, and discovered that it was "Notre Dame". Oops.
- Metro to Trocadero : ate an orange.
- Walked through les Jardins de Trocadéro to Eiffel Tower and Champs de Mars.
- Metro to St. Michel, where had a menu dinner at Les Harpes.
- Metro back home.
Sunday
- Went to the "Bargès market," found it empty. Nothing there.
- Back to the Richard Lenoir market, bought food and souvenirs.
- Sat and ate breakfast in the Place des Vosges: bread and cheese.
- Back to apartment to drop stuff off.
- Went to Les Invalides:
- Sat in the garden and had an orange.
- Went to St. Michel for a sit down Crèperie.
- To the Arc de Triumph for a nighttime view.
- Walked down Champs Elysées, and towards George V. bridge.
- Saw interesting building... "mirrors"
- Back to Champs Elysées, and to metro.
- Got off at St. Paul station, walked past church close to apartment, & discovered a nice little square in the Marais district.
- Later learned that it's next to Victor Hugo's house.
- Walked around it and back to apartment.
Monday
- Alarm at 6AM for Taylor. She got up at 7. Took a shower and got back in bed.
- Wake up at 9:30, had a fruit breakfast (peaches/bananas).
- Re-packed, cleaned the apartment, got ready to leave.
- Left the stuff at the apartment, headed to the Louvre.
- Mini-Tabac for tickets, got in quickly through Denon.
- Greek sculptures and ceramics.
- Ancient egypt.
- Oriental and Islamic Antiquities.
- The Medieval Louvre.
- Walked down Rue de Rivoli, took picture of Taylor's house.
- Spotted a great church behind the Louvre.
- Got on the metro to the apartment, got off at St. Paul Station.
- Bought "Jaques Barel" CD.
- Supermarket stop for last Oasis and chocolate.
- Mean Kebab, ate at apartment (worst one ever).
- Took stuff down, returned key.
- Ran to metro, almost couldn't get through gate.
- Man helped Taylor down the stairs with the bag. Onto metro.
- Off at Gare de l'Est, easiest exit with escalators into the Gare. Up anther escalator, arrived at platform, and blindly mounted the train as it was leaving.
- Luckily...the right one.
Back to the USA.
