One week.  Bang!  It’s over.  The speed at which a week goes is why Konnie and I try to take three week trips when traveling this far.  But since the time available is merely Isabelle’s spring break, we do the best we can.  I think we hit the highlights except for Saint-Chapelle which continues its restoration.  So our visits included the Eiffel Tower neighborhood and to the top of the Tower, La Madeleine, Opera Quarter, Notre Dame, The Marais, Trocedéro, Musée d’Orsay, Musée de l’Orangerie, Place de la Concorde, The Liberty Flame (which has been confiscated as a Diana Memorial), Fountaine des Innocents at the Pompidu, Montmartre, Sacré-Coeur, the Arc de Triomphe, Marmottan, Champs-Elysées and the Metro all over the City.

And today we visited the Louvre, a visit that went much better than I expected after our crowded visit to the Orsay.  We purchased advance tickets (a must!) and walked right in.  The Louvre is better equipped to handle the large crowd with less security, more seating, and snack bars where you can just walk up and purchase a bottle of water.  Oh yes, they also allow non-flash photography.  Thank you very much for that.  We saw the highlights including the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo and Winged Victory.  And Isabelle spent the rest of the time exploring the antiquities including the beautiful sarcophagi and her first mummy.

So au revoir Paris.  And now its time to search for next year’s location.  Can’t wait.