17 May - Sacre Couer (Basilica of the Sacred Heart)
Lily, our guide, telling us where to get off the Metro
In the Metro with new friends, Peter and Karin, and our guide, Lily
Souvenir Shopping Zone
Tram tracks up to Sacre-Coeur at the top of the butte Montmartre, the highest point in the city
View of Paris from Sacre-Couer
Our first look at the Eiffel Tower
Heart-shaped Locks from Lovers who passed through here.
Sacré-Cœur, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Inside Sacré-Cœur
A popular landmark and the second most visited monument in Paris
Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris
The foundation stone was placed in 1875. Construction was completed in 1914.
Playing Pétanque, popular in France for more tha 100 years
We walked up an appetite for lunch
Where's the Beef? It's under the pickle.
National Academy of Music
The Louvre
Walking along the Seine River
The Le Grand Hotel dates from 1862
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Musée d'Orsay holds French art dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography
The museum is housed in the Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built in1900
It houses the largest collection of impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces in the world, by painters including
Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Sisley, Gauguin, and Van Gogh
Outside our hotel, ready to walk to dinner
Passing a Happy Hour scene on the way to dinner
Our dinner place for four nights, the four-star Floderer Restaurant
A glass of Champagne was waiting for me, as I got there before the others
Our Maitre D' for four nights, Ali
The "Before" picture...
The "During Picture. Maggie gave me her portion.
The "After" picture...
I'm still hungry. Can I have some more?
Maggie had a steak every day