Souvenir Shopping and Sainte Chapelle

Our last day. I checked in online for our flight tomorrow. We ate breakfast and walked down to rue Mouffetard to souvenir shop. At the Florel en Provence tea shop we got Peg some mint tea and a cute little tray. We wanted a scarf for Jean and that was a bit more challenging. The first shop wasn’t completely open yet and we couldn’t get to the scarf display. Walked past several places that had scarves but we didn’t like them. On our way back to the first shop hoping she’d gotten set up, we passed a tiny store with clothing and I spotted a scarf rack. In we went and the perfect scarf was waiting for us. What luck!

We walked home, deposited our treasures and logged them in my book for Customs. Then we walked up to Marty Restaurant on the ave. des Gobelins stopping on the way for some cash for our September trip. We were nearly the first at Marty and got the same table we had before. Ed again ordered the daurade and I got the lamb. Both were excellent. Ed got Baba au rum for dessert and I got a moelleux au chocolat with pistachio ice cream. Fun waiter, nice wine, excellent food . . . good lunch!

Walked on up to the Gobelins Metro stop and rode to Châtelet where we exited and walked to Ste. Chapelle. The line didn’t seem too long so we got in line. That was deceptive because once through Security, you moved to a much longer line for tickets. We waited. Finally got our tickets and entered a very crowded Ste. Chapelle. Checked out the beautiful ground floor and climbed the circular stairs to the chapel with the gorgeous stained glass. While we were there, the sun came out and the stained glass windows glowed. Fantastic! We couldn't have had a better day.

Rose Window at Sainte-Chapelle

Stained Glass at Sainte-Chapelle, Paris

We walked over near Notre Dame and ended up having to circle the block and go up rue d’Arcole. They’ve opened the street up to the church but there is a wall, fences and police so you can’t get in front of it. I got pictures from the side and that will have to do. We walked back toward the right bank, crossed the Seine and continued east to the Pont Marie Metro station where we caught the train home. Time to clean the apartment and pack.