Rainy day in Paris

After a late night at the Moulin Rouge, we awoke to rain... it's actually quite pleasant. After breakfast at 'home' (toasted cheese sandwich and coffee), we decided to take the metro to near the Latin Quarter. We actually started in the 5th arrondisement, walking through the Jardin du Luxembourg - a large park with many monuments and statues -its still raining, so we're glad we brought our rain jackets! We walked to the Pantheon, an 18th-century mausoleum with colonnaded facade, housing remains of notable French citizens.

We wandered around the streets of the Latin Quarter and stopped for coffee and a cookie, largely to get out the heavier rain. We continued to the Seine river across from Notre Dame and followed the river east towards the Museum D'Orsay - the lineup was huge (in the rain) - I'll book online for another day.

We took the metro back to Montmartre for lunch. We went to a little place called Chez Yvette - good, simple dishes, and we were dry!

We needed an afternoon nap and did so while listening to the rain. The rain was sporadic, and we even had thunderstorms. In the evening, we headed out for a walk and grabbed some takeaway Vietnamese for dinner.Read more