Paris: Notre Dame to Place des Vosges

At 9am, the church right across the street from us (Saint Severin Church) started ringing. Then we heard two other sets of bells from other churches in the area. (I wonder if any one of those were from the Notre Dame??)

Musee du Moyen Age: Bought our 4-day Paris Museum Pass and proceeded to find the museum's highlighted piece - Lady and the Unicorn. The tapestries hang in a special room all to themselves. We went through the museum pretty quickly since the tapestries were what we were really there for. We did spend enough time to see medieval waffle makers! :p

Ile de la Cite: Crypte Archaeologique - go underneath the Notre Dame plaza. Interesting concept of refuse wells. Thanks to the museum pass, otherwise, we probably wouldn't have visited. heehee.

Notre Dame: beautiful offering candles, confessionals still being used!, gigantic chandelier display, and of course the famous rose windows. From the garden in back of the Notre Dame, you get a great view of the beautiful architecture. We crossed a small bridge behind the Notre Dame to get some gelato at a recommended place (recommended by brother-in-law). I think this was the place also featured on one of Giada's (yes, Food Network girl) eating trips to Paris. Went back to Notre Dame to take a picture of point zero.

Conciergerie: Very cool history at this site. Got to see how the old prison worked, including parts of the original cell Marie Antoinette occupied. (Another use of the museum pass!)

Place des Vosges: Maison de Victor Hugo - free entrance - saw some surprisingly good sketches he made. Never knew he was an artist. The square itself is amazing in its symmetry.

On the walk home, we walked along the Seine where Paris Plage was set up. Blue canvas umbrellas and sunbathing spots lined the river.

We had walked the entire day so it was an early night for us.