Day 6 in the books: Last Tango in Paris

We left for the airport in Nice at 7:00 this morning to catch our Easy Jet flight back to Paris. Throughout our stay on the Riviera there wasn't a day that went by that we didn't comment to one another about how incredibly fortunate we have been to visit this spectacular region and to experience such picture perfect weather.   But we were eager to return to the City of Lights today and continue our exploration of this beautiful city...we still had much to see.

We walked another 10.7 miles today, and we feel fairly confident that at least half can be attributed to climbing the steps from the bottom of the hill to the top of the butte Montmartre as we made our way to Sacre-Coeur Basilica, a beautiful shimmering white church that overlooks the city.  It was worth the effort to get there!  

Next on our list was Notre-Dame Cathedral.  We got there in time to catch a tour and learned so much about the history of this magnificent cathedral.

 Awe-inspiring!  Even found Point Zero, 

the point from which everything in the city is measured. 

From Notre Dame we walked to La Sainted Chappelle (Holy Chapel). The whole chapel is lined with 13th century stained glass with each window depicting a Biblical story, starting  from Genesis.  You'd think two C of C gals would be able to recognize at least ONE scene depicted from the Bible, but alas we could not. Still ... A beautiful chapel.  

While in the area we located Shakespeare and Company Bookstore, a nod to Todd Womble, avid reader and soon to be Todd Womble, PhD.

We strolled along the Seine waterfront and saw New Bridge (Pont Neuf), the oldest bridge in Paris. Don't ask us why the oldest bridge in Paris is called New Bridge--It just is! 

And to top off our day: the Louvre!

Seeing the works of world-renown artists--paintings, sculptures, ancient pieces was too much to take in.  First, let me say that the Louvre itself is so beautiful. 

We had a list of our "must sees" so for the most part that helped us keep our focus.  (Note: We won't talk about the hour it took us to find the last 2 sculptures on our list and how many Louvre attendants we stopped along the way to locate those masterpieces). 

It is easy to see why the Louvre is the most visited, most famous museum in the world! Spectacular! Love, Love!!

Bottom line....At the end of the day we were two tuckered out Texans.