Our hotel was a small, lovely, quaint place called Le Relais des Halles.
This is the outside of our hotel. As you can see, it is essentially a tower!
We were in the room on the 6th floor - the ONLY room on the floor! I loved it.
Steve did have to be wary of the slanted beams....
We unpacked and then went right back out to wander around the gorgeous City of Lights!
Coffee in the cafe...
The River Seine.
That is Notre Dame across the way. What I didn't know was that the River Seine has islands, and that Notre Dame sits on the island known as Ile de la Cite and that is referred to as the epicenter of Paris! This may only be a surprise to me, but I loved it. I was confused at first when we crossed a bridge on the river and then crossed another one! Maybe what makes Paris so lovely and comforting to me is that it is a river town - just like my beloved hometown of Dubuque! It also helped that the people were so kind and helpful.
Below is a shot of the island from the Louvre on a different day of our trip.
Another shot of the glorious island and the beautiful river!
This footbridge is the Pont des Arts, also known as the Love-Lock Bridge. The tradition has been that a couple will write their names on a padlock, lock it to the bridge, and throw the key in the river. It sounds romantic, but the end result is that the bridge looks like trash - and how many keys can the River Seine really handle?! There are locks along the Half Penny Bridge in Dublin too - and I think it looks terrible. Apparently in June 2014, part of the Pont des Arts bridge collapsed because of all the added weight. I believe that is when they put up the plywood siding to prevent people from adding more locks. Honestly they should just take them all off and ban it. WE MUST STOP THE MADNESS!! The natural beauty of the river and the gorgeous buildings of Paris should be romantic enough!
I include these buildings below because Steve and I were appalled at how ugly they were and we couldn't figure out WHY they were being built along this lovely plaza?! THEN we saw a picture of the plans when all the building is finished for the plaza and we realized, those cargo box apartments were temporary housing for the workers!
This is the Sarah Bernhardt cafe! I just got a kick out of that.
Took a picture of this because Joe Allen was the name of our favorite pastor at St. Joseph's Church in Round Lake. He is no longer a priest. Maybe that's why we got along so well!
Steve did have to be wary of the slanted beams....
We unpacked and then went right back out to wander around the gorgeous City of Lights!
Coffee in the cafe...
The River Seine.
That is Notre Dame across the way. What I didn't know was that the River Seine has islands, and that Notre Dame sits on the island known as Ile de la Cite and that is referred to as the epicenter of Paris! This may only be a surprise to me, but I loved it. I was confused at first when we crossed a bridge on the river and then crossed another one! Maybe what makes Paris so lovely and comforting to me is that it is a river town - just like my beloved hometown of Dubuque! It also helped that the people were so kind and helpful.
Below is a shot of the island from the Louvre on a different day of our trip.
Another shot of the glorious island and the beautiful river!
This footbridge is the Pont des Arts, also known as the Love-Lock Bridge. The tradition has been that a couple will write their names on a padlock, lock it to the bridge, and throw the key in the river. It sounds romantic, but the end result is that the bridge looks like trash - and how many keys can the River Seine really handle?! There are locks along the Half Penny Bridge in Dublin too - and I think it looks terrible. Apparently in June 2014, part of the Pont des Arts bridge collapsed because of all the added weight. I believe that is when they put up the plywood siding to prevent people from adding more locks. Honestly they should just take them all off and ban it. WE MUST STOP THE MADNESS!! The natural beauty of the river and the gorgeous buildings of Paris should be romantic enough!
I include these buildings below because Steve and I were appalled at how ugly they were and we couldn't figure out WHY they were being built along this lovely plaza?! THEN we saw a picture of the plans when all the building is finished for the plaza and we realized, those cargo box apartments were temporary housing for the workers!
This is the Sarah Bernhardt cafe! I just got a kick out of that.
Took a picture of this because Joe Allen was the name of our favorite pastor at St. Joseph's Church in Round Lake. He is no longer a priest. Maybe that's why we got along so well!
This was on the subway wall! Bob L'Eponge Le Film Un Heros sort de L'Eau. In English it was The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water!
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