Since Versailles was such a long day, Drew and I took a bit of a break the next day. A break as in we slept in later. :D We didn't get up until about noon and decided to go eat at a local cafe near our metro station.
It seemed reasonable and we were hungry so we decided to eat and see what French foods we could have.
My lovely smiling hubby. So it was neat to order since they had the traditional french style of ordering where you have a list of things on a chalkboard and then you pick what you want based on a price range. In addition to getting those meals, we decided on getting escargot as an appetizer.
It was super yummy. And for Drew's appetizer he got pate. Which...was kinda gross but Drew didn't mind. I had "assorted vegetables" which consisted of a salad with an interesting dressing and a ton of corn on top of it. It was good but a little bizarre. So it was funny when we ordered because we were trying to get different things for the main course so that we could sample each others, but it ended up that we both ordered the Bolognese...which I only realized once I got it was spaghetti. In my defense, 2 of the 5 main courses had pork in them and so those were immediately out for me. It was really good though! And it was crazy, it wasn't an expensive meal, but we couldn't finish it all because it was so much. It was Delicious though.
After leaving lunch (at about 3.... you can't rush Parisians....) we headed over to Ilé de Cité for Sainte Chappelle and Notre Dame.
Even after stuffing ourselves and walking a bit after lunch, we realized that we couldn't bring our treats with us into either location. So once we got outside of Sainte Chappelle, we ate our treats from the bakery that day.
We got a few funny looks but it was so yummy! We shared the chocolate eclair (amazing) and Drew had the green one (like a custard filled donut?) and I had the chocolate mousse thing that was to die for.
It was kinda funny to be eating those right outside the Church and the Justice building (they're on the same complex for some reason).
We're both super glad that we went to Sainte Chappelle first. It looked really crowded at Notre Dame and there was hardly anyone there when we went into the church. It was so beautiful inside.
View of the front
The beautiful stained glass windows!
And then of course we meandered over to Notre Dame. :D
Pretty much gorgeous
Hi mom and dad!
So after going in Notre Dame and seeing around, we went to get in the line to get to the top of the bell towers. While we were waiting in line, a guard comes up and puts a pole down 3 people in front of us saying that it was the end of the line and that they weren't going to take any more for today. So that was SUPER frustrating...so Drew and I got over our frustration by going and getting Gelato. It was good but probably not as good as the view would have been.
So after doing some shopping and eating the gelato, Drew and I headed over to Sacré Coeur. Oh man, if you ever go to Paris, GO THERE. We lucked out that by the time we got up there we were there around sunset. It was absolutely beautiful! Even if it was an INCREDIBLY long walk up 500 steps one way... A bit tiring after biking in Versailles the day before. It made me feel better that even Drew was super sore and tired after going up to the top. But it was so worth it. I mean, look:
It was simply amazing. I'm glad we went. But we weren't quite done. We actually felt awake/slightly over jet-lag and we knew that the Arc du Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower were open late. However, by the time we made it back to either of them, it was rather dark. That didn't stop us from seeing the Arc though!
It was really pretty lit up at night.
View from on top of the Arc
Woo! Eiffel Tower all lit up at night!
And this awesome picture of the two of us in front of the Arc. We weren't in danger of getting hit by the cars since there was actually a break in the traffic and the area was blocked off a good 10 feet behind us too. But it's a really cool shot.
However, after going up the Arc we were spent. We had done a lot of walking/hiking/climbing/biking in the past two days and our poor leggies were done. So we went to bed and planned on an early day the next day. This day was super packed, but so much fun!
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