We got up at 7:30 this morning. Our bodies still weren’t 100% adjusted, but 12 hours of sleep made us feel normal again.

We got to the Louvre shortly after 9AM, and marvelled at how lucky we were that there were no crowds. We soon realized the source of our luck: the Louvre is closed on Tuesdays. Damn. Damn dammity damn-damn-damn. Sigh…we got some exterior shots anyway, and went to plan B.

We decided to walk around Ile de la Cite and Ile St-Louis instead. We walked by Sainte-Chappelle and Notre Dame, then up to Le Marais after cruising by the site of The Bastille. We stopped and sat in the Place Des Vosges before just wandering around the streets a little.

We grabbed some lunch on one of the main streets. Mozzarella + tomato (in either sandwich or salad form) has become my staple here…not a lot of veggie options on French menus. We then walked along Rue de Rivoli toward our hotel, stopping for a quick look at the Palais Royale. Short pit stop at the hotel to recharge and refresh, and then back out.

Took the metro to Montmartre. Walked up a spiral staircase at Abbesses station just about long enough to kill Nellie. We strolled over to the stairs, eschewing the funicular, and climbed the hill to Sacre-Coeur after being harassed by some Senegalese hucksters. After we got some great shots of the city it started to rain, so we hoofed it back down the hill and took refuge. Oh look! A bar! We had a few glasses to wet our whistles and jumped back on the metro, heading home to relax a bit before the restaurants re-open for dinner.