Woke up on time, not early...packed our bags for our night train to Berlin. Minus underwear, everything we own is dirty. Everything smells from only being hand washed at best! :) Fun! At least it's much cooler so our added B.O. is minimal...ate crepes again!
Got off the metro/subway and were trying to decided where we were and what direction to go...Randy need a restroom when I said " Maybe there is a Starbucks and we can ask, get coffee and use their bathroom." When we turned around it appeared! I was stunned and SO EXCITED!
Started with the Pantheon which was built in 1790. It was here in 1851 that Foucault hung his pendulum to prove that the earth rotated. We got to see it in action. We briefly saw the crypts downstairs, one of which included Louis Braille. Recognize the name? He "invented" Braille for the blind and visually impaired.
Next we visited Saint Chapelle's where there were huge lines but because of or pass go to walk right in. It's very small and two levels. The top most elaborate was for royalty and the bottom was for the staff. It supposedly was built to hold the relics of part of the cross and the crown of thorns. They are no longer housed here but in Notre Dame where they are only allowed to be viewed on Good Friday and like the first Friday of the month. In the main chapel there are 14 main stain glass windows that tell the Biblical story starting at Genesis to th resurrection. The back round stained glass is the story of the Apocalypse. Oh, also gothic style, so guess what? I LIKED IT!
Ended touring at the Orsay which is an art museum and neither of us are art people but you HAVE to go there! Saw Monet, Rembrandt, Manet, Renoir, and many others...we were done so left and ate at an Italian Restaurant before going back to the hotel to grab our stuff.
Went to the train station to catch our night train to Berlin. Wish we spoke French again because our train wasn't there or something so has to catch another train to Metz THEN we can get our sleeper train! Brutal when you're beyond exhausted! Randy met this nice lady though from Australia here for a convention on working with the Deaf! She apparently works with the Aborigenese (sp?) in Australia who have a high incidence of deafness. Unfortunately I didn't talk to her and read my book because they started out with politics! :(
We had our own room with two bunks and comfy beds comparatively speaking. Slept as good as I have which was decent.
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