Paris, Day 3

Our last day in Paris was a Sunday, so we started with Latin mass at Notre Dame Cathedral.

Beautiful Gothic Architecture!

The sign partly cut-off notes that Notre Dame is celebrating 850 years

 We then walked to the other side of the little island to enjoy another beautiful (though now non-working) church, Sainte-Chapelle, built as a private chapel for the king to house Christ's crown of thorns. The chapel is surrounded on all sides by tall stained glass windows telling the stories of the Old and New Testaments. So, so beautiful!

We then walked through the Latin district of Paris (look at the blue skies--it was almost warm...).

Then off to the Musee d'Orsay, full of Impressionist paintings (my favorite!). Lots of Van Gogh and Monet, among others. I especially liked seeing the Impressionists up close and in person because of all the rich textures found in the paintings.  A number of the paintings from our well-loved Mini Masters board books are from that museum.

The museum was converted from a train station

And then the plan was to walk to dinner...but the address was wrong, so we eventually took a taxi and got to our dinner location (courtesy of Groupon).

And then it was late, but we still hadn't been to the Eiffel Tower, so off to our last Paris stop.

We flew home early Monday morning, but not before going to Angelino's for very delicious hot chocolate and macarons (French, so almond based rather than coconut) and chocolates to bring back. A good finish to a good trip!