Sunday 16th May.

Had a sleep in this morning because of the late night. Got going just before lunch and hoping to see the Musee Hotel de Cluny and the Catacombes. Off on the metro like the old hands we now are. Turned a corner and this was on the end of a building. I don't think we have been down a street, sorry rue, and haven't found something of interest.

The museum had the remains of Gallo-Roman baths attached to an old church thing. It was a lovely old building which looked promising. Got some lunch and ate it in the rear gardens.

There were huge old tapestries and a lot of old religious odds and ends. All interesting but once you saw one you didn't have to see another ten or twenty. In the end it just got painful and the roman baths were a bit of a let down as you couldn't get outside in amongst them. This was part of the baths.

I found a door that would I could use on the new house. The attention to detail on the building and fixtures is unbelievable.

This is part of the lock on the rear of the door.

Finished and off for a bit of a walk around the area and then off to see the catacombs. (this is where they stored all the bones that were dug up a few years ago, around 1785 and placed in the disused quarries) Not that far so we thought we would walk as you can't see anything on the metro underground. Well, we didn't see anything underground as we arrived five minutes after they shut the door. Caught the metro back to the river (yes I was told it should have been the other way) and had a look around the two islands.This is the area where Paris started. Discovered a very ordinary church on the smaller island and just went in for a look. You just have to check out everything.

  

Walked around Notre-Dame de Paris on the larger island.

This detail is about 8 floors up and you have to wonder who they thought was going to see it. I've zoomed in by 10. There is a least one building in every block which will have some sort of detail that we haven't seen. We then came across a small /pet shop market and looking around saw a couple of locals but the prices!!!!!!

  

 

  

I haven't yet said anything about the way the French drive and I'm still trying to work out which road rules that you have to worry about and which you don't as a ped. The French seem to park just about anywhere and if they don't want you parking somewhere they put up structures to make sure you can't. I tell you seeing is believing. You just can't own a car in Paris and park it in the street if you don't want the front and rear bumpers to be well used. This parking job is normal and would have involved a bit of touch parking. 

I still come across a cars which I think are parked and think to myself what the #@%& when I realise that it has a driver it's just that he /she is one the other side. Probably just get used to it when we get to the UK and have to start all over again. For now when crossing the road it's still, LOOK LEFT FIRST STUPID.