She was was a thick accented walking & talking encyclopedia. It took all and I mean ALL of my attention to understand her in English and follow her quick little steps around.
She absconded us into Notre-Dame, like Harry Potter with the majic cloak, bypassing the throngs of people and tours and placed us right under the nose of Jesus with the precepts of virtue on our left and the actions of sin on our right. The depiction of the devil and anguish of sin is so visibly frightening it is no wonder the people of the age were dedicated to the church and or their king. I wish my kids could see it.
She then squeezed us through an unfathom-ably large door where I popped into the most visually beautiful church that has ever been created. No words or pictures can describe the art, history, or spiritual representation. So I won't try.
Onto traditional Parisian lunch (Inside out Monte Cristo sandwich, bottled water/outside cafe) in the Marai district then onto to more sight seeing... Starting with St. Paul church built by King Luis IX. This was an exceptionally interesting tour as Maxine our tour guide lived in this area when she was a little girl, is jewish and was able to give us a true account of what life was like from a historial and personal perspective.
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| Mesmerized by how they hang these! |
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| I want these chairs |
I'll admit, I was constantly side bar-ed by all sweet vignettes of EVERYTHING. If only I had a container to ship it all home!
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