The next day, our guests awoke thrilled to see more blue sky. The 75-degree weather prompted us to take them on a nice tour of the Ile de la Cite and the right bank to explore some treasures over on that side of the river.
We started with, of course, a trip to the park at the Place des Vosges. This beautiful square has shown up in our Caroleter blog more than once, and will likely appear again. It's one of our favorite spots in the city; not only because of its tranquil beauty, but also because of its proximity to L'As du Falafel, our favorite take-out falafel sandwich shop! But on this glorious day, the L'As du Falafel was....gasp...closed! So we settled for King Falafel which didn't hold a candle to our fave.
Who said food portions in Paris are small?!Our next stop was to walk by the Centre Georges Pompidou, the famous modern art museum. The plan was to take a look around inside, but upon seeing the two-hour wait and knowing the beautiful weather can change at any moment, we opted to ooh and ahh over the outside of this interesting building.
The front of the Pompidou Center
The back of the Pompidou CenterWe passed by the small park surrounding the Tour Saint-Jacques, which is the only tower left standing from a church that used to be in this spot but was destroyed shortly following the French Revolution.
On to Notre Dame, a "can't miss" sight. We love the back of the cathedral even more than the front!
Scott and Karen enjoying their first day of Parisian sight-seeing.
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