Rise and shine! (getting ready at the hotel to head in by metro to the Notre Dame Cathedral)
We had great seating in the cathedral ... a sad commentary on the state of Christianity in France,
considering the fact that this was the main Easter service at the cathedral
After the service we gather at 'point zero' in front of the Cathedral ...
the
point from which all distances from Paris are calculated!
We then head across the Seine River to the Latin Quarter ... to the heart of the ancient student section of Paris
centered at the intersection of the Boulevard St. Michel and the Boulevard St. Germain des Pres
We walk a few blocks up to the Sorbonne (the oldest section of the University of Paris)
We then head on to the nearby Luxembourg
Gardens
(a great place to relax ... except on a cloudy / rainy / windy day!)
We then take the Metro to the Pompidou Center
where we spend the rest of the afternoon in the company of very modern art!
Dinner that night at L'Auberge du Pere Louis (sorry about the blurred pictures!)
Escargots (snails!)
Waiting for the metro to take a group back to the hotel
