Our first day in Paris was wonderful, but a touched cool. Â Elspeth liked our hotel room, the houseboats on the Seine and the ice cream(even though it was waaaay to cold for it). Â Katrine loved the sights as well as the food. Â Her favourite food of the day had to be thchocolate croissant that shehead for breakfast. Â In case, you are worrying (mom, dad) I did managed to eat today but I wil post about that when I am home and can add photos.
We toured St Chapelle and Notre Dame today. Â The stain glass windows in St Chapelle toke my breath away. Â Their beauty struck you upon entering the second floor. Â The colors, the details became that much more beautiful when you considered that they were all done by hand. Â Talented crafts men. Â Notre Dame featured the same level of skill. Â Carved stonework, statues, painted walls. Â Standing at the back of Notre Dame looking towards the main altar you werestruck by the sheer size and beauty of this place of worship that it is easy to believe that it took three hundred years to constructed. Â Oh, Katrine says I need to tel you that there was amodel showing how the cathedral was built in medical times. Â Elspeth? Â She was too busy falling asleep in her stroller to even look at the inside of the cathedral, but she woke up in time for ice cream so it was all good.
We got a bonus event on our way to Notre Dame …a bread festival. Â As we neared the square all you could smell was fresh baking bread. Â I stayed outside the tents with Elspeth whilee Glenn and Katrine went in. Â They saw bakeries making baguettes’ croissants and pastries. Â Katrine was thrilled to get some samples. Â While those two were busy doing something educational, I was standing beside a piscine de ble. Â Yup, a wheat box. Â Imagine a sandbox filled with wheat grains. Â Elspeth merrily climbed in and dug in the wheat. Â Me? I stayed as far back as possible. Â Ugh, but at least it was fun for her.
That is how our day went. Â Add in a four hour afternnon nap. Â A looong walk for gluten free dinner and desserts before coming home to see the sun setting over the Seine and that is it. Â I guess I should draw to a close and get some sleep to be ready for tomorrow.