Paris - Day Two - A Rick Steves Walk

We are big Rick Steves fans.  We use his books wherever we go in Europe, and love his style and recommendations. His books usually include a walk to familiarize yourself with the area and see the big sites.  He also takes you off the beaten path a bit to see how the locals live.  So on Friday, we started our day with his Paris walk.  We caught the #80 bus from our apartment and headed down to Notre Dame.  The bus dropped us off along the bank of the Seine river.

Here is Notre Dame peaking out on the left hand side....

And looking behind us, you could see the Eiffel Tower.

Notre Dame

One of the Rose Windows

After viewing the inside, we stopped at the park to let the girls play a bit and for Daddy to get our next stops lined up....

Please also notice our rigged up "double stroller".  Grace walks most of the time now, but just in case, we wanted to have another stroller with us.... so we piggybacked it onto the one Audrey rode in.

Up close

One last shot of Notre Dame (don't worry - the album is LOADED with tons more!!), before we head on....

After we left Notre Dame, we made a quick visit to the Deportation Memorial, viewed Ile St. Louis, from afar, and walked through the Latin Quarter, before finding a nice place for lunch.

 After lunch we went to Sainte-Chappelle. The bottom floor is all painted....

And upstairs, where the royals worshiped, it was beautiful stained glass.....

My big girl tourist going down the stairs....

And our sleeping tourist....

After Sainte-Chapelle, we headed back over the bridge, and got another great shot of the Eiffel Tower....

And then we headed over to the Louvre.  We knew going in would not work this visit with our two little tourists.  But it's still a landmark worth seeing.

Afterwards, we walked a little bit further along, and came to the Tuileries Gardens.  Grace was doing really well posing for pictures....

 Audrey? Not so much....

We finished the day off with a visit to Luxembourg Gardens for more playground fun....

For all of our pictures from Day 2 in Paris, click the link:  A Walk Through Paris