Notre Dame

When we left our hotel this morning for the subway we were delighted to find that a market was going on our street, Mommy and Daddy had a breakfast of chocolate croissants from one of the vendors. They looked pretty yummy but no one share with me.

Since today is Sunday I thought we should visit the Notre Dame cathedral. When we arrived mass was going on – it was a very full church. Before our visit we took a detour to another church, St. Eustache. This church was modeled on the Notre Dame and was a very impressive size. I didn’t like the organ music that was playing everyone out of church – it was too loud for my ears.

We toured the Notre Dame and were again impressed by the size of the church and the beautiful stain glassed windows. There were also beautiful statues and carvings throughout the church. It was a bit crowed for my taste with all the visitors so we sat in the back of mass for a bit and enjoyed the service although we couldn’t understand anything.

After the cathedral I took Mommy and Daddy to the Musée d’Orsay. This building used to be a railway station and was due to be demolished when the people of Paris saved it for an art gallery. We saw lots of art work by Monet, Degas, Van Gogh, Toulouse Lautrec, and Seurat just to name a few. There was even a small Picasso exhibit.
The museum was much larger than Mommy and Daddy had anticipated; especially with carrying me around and were beat afterwards. We hoped on the metro and made our way back to the hotel so I could get a nap before dinner.

Daddy and I are getting really good at figuring out the metro system here in Paris, If you haven’t been here before it is very overwhelming. There are so many trains! Our system has become that I hold the map for Daddy while he and I translate to Mommy where to go. Tomorrow we’re going to the Eiffel tower - I can’t wait!