So far we've seen most of the Left Bank, Eiffel Tower and the Musee D'Orsay (no photos allowed).
Today's agenda:
The Pantheon
Notre Dame
Napoleons Tomb
Arc de Triompe - Champs Elysse Walk to the Lourve
Lourve
(translation - A LOT of walking!)
Only about 7 miles of road walking which doesn't seem like that much, but then there was all the walking in doors and climbing stairs, wow the stairs.
We ate at any Sandwich shop we could find - usually Le Pret A Manger. Fabulously yummy and filling.
Let's start with the Pantheon: The one thing I loved about these tourist places was the pamphlets - each language had a specific color. I figured that out when we went to Notre Dame and I didn't have time to stand and look at the various pamphlets available and I just grabbed the light green one. Someone was thinking to color coordinate those babies for each tourist site. In 507 AD, after being converted to Christianity, King Clovis was the first to build a basilica - a tomb for him and his Queen when they died. Saint Genevieve was buried here in 512 AD - protected Paris from the barbarians - Patron Saint of Paris. King Louis XV attributed his recovery from serious illness to prayers made to Saint Genevieve and pledged to dedicate a church to her name. In 1755, Soufflet who's goal was to outdo the church of St Peter in Rome, built what is now the current day Pantheon. For two periods during the 19th century, the church was used for Christian worship, before giving way to secular use for the funeral of Victor Hugo in 1885.
There you have a brief history of the Pantheon. Now for the picture overload. This place was huge!
see - and that is only half way up the wall.
this is where my husband was stalking me with the camera - it was really cold in there. My hands were freezing!
gotcha!
this reminded me of the Eyring Science Center at BYU.
TO THE CRYPT!
so funny story - we took a picture of Jeff next to a tomb.......notice the one behind him? that's an actual tomb, the one he's posing by.....noone there yet....oops. :)
Then there was this random tv set up down there??
I loved this - the picture of Marie and Pierre Curie!
we walked out to this view! Stay tuned for more photos of more museums and really old stuff. :)
Let's start with the Pantheon: The one thing I loved about these tourist places was the pamphlets - each language had a specific color. I figured that out when we went to Notre Dame and I didn't have time to stand and look at the various pamphlets available and I just grabbed the light green one. Someone was thinking to color coordinate those babies for each tourist site. In 507 AD, after being converted to Christianity, King Clovis was the first to build a basilica - a tomb for him and his Queen when they died. Saint Genevieve was buried here in 512 AD - protected Paris from the barbarians - Patron Saint of Paris. King Louis XV attributed his recovery from serious illness to prayers made to Saint Genevieve and pledged to dedicate a church to her name. In 1755, Soufflet who's goal was to outdo the church of St Peter in Rome, built what is now the current day Pantheon. For two periods during the 19th century, the church was used for Christian worship, before giving way to secular use for the funeral of Victor Hugo in 1885.
There you have a brief history of the Pantheon. Now for the picture overload. This place was huge!
TO THE CRYPT!
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