Travel Day 3: Walking in Paris

According to my phone (I didn’t use the Garmin all day, which was a mistake), I walked 13.8 miles today! Some of my routes were from Google, while others I made up in the moment, and I saw incredible things all day long.
1. There is a mind-boggling amount of statuary in this city. Here’s JC in the Jardin des Tuileries.
2. These irises were enormous! I’ve never seen anything like them.
3. Again from the Jardin des Tuileries. I’m assuming that trumpeters who play on horseback have fewer teeth.
4. Obligatory, non? I didn’t go in, but I was happy to see it in person.
5. I stumbled on this by accident! It’s the Tour Saint-Jacques, a historic landmark along the chemins de Compostelle, as the Camino is known here.
6. So many cafes, brasseries, patisseries, bars, crêperies, etc.! I didn’t eat here but appreciated the flair with which it is decorated.
7. Lovely fruit. I didn’t see as many of these as I have noticed in NYC, though.
8. I wonder how long the paving stones on which I walked have been there?
9. Église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont. 15th century. Amazing.
10. That’s Notre Dame with the cranes. Beautiful end to the day!Leggi altro