Day 5--Miscellaneous



We spent the rest of the late afternoon and evening on this Saturday just wandering around and seeing anything interesting that came up.

Before leaving Monmartre and the Sacre Coeur area, I noticed this interesting building (or house? I'm not sure) and had to take a picture. I think architecture like this is neat.

Around Paris, we kept seeing many cars of this type called a "Smart Car". It is the smallest car I have ever seen, even smaller then a Mini Cooper, which I also saw all over Paris. The Smart Car only seats two people in the front and seems skinnier then a regular car. The back is just a small hatchback type trunk which is only large enough for a briefcase or two. I thought they were very interesting so when I saw this one parked on the side of the street I had to take a quick picture.

We then travelled over to the Jardin du Luxembourg againg to see if we could find it. Well, we found it, just as the garden was closing so they would not let anyone back inside. We had the worst luck with that place. However, my friend only wanted in to see the statues in the garden and since I have no interest in such things it was no major loss to me. Instead, we wandered aimlessly through a section of Paris called the Latin Quarter. This photo shows some of the interesting buildings that were found in this area, I especially like this particular section of street.

We also spotted this interesting building called the Pantheon. Apparently, many famous people's remains are inside but we did not enter it. Like Sacre Coeur, the outside of the Pantheon was in desperate need of cleaning.

Here is a closer view of the top portion of the Pantheon.

Just beyond the Pantheon we found this very interesting church called Eglise St-Etienne du Mont. I was attratched by the orginal design of the outside. We were allowed to go in at no charge, but were not permitted to take pictures. It was the smallest cathedral I had seen up to that point and it was very quiet inside. The main thing that caught my eye inside was a very ornate stone sprial staircase near the front of the chapel, which was really different in style to what I had seen earlier. The ceiling was also painted and had gilded gold imbedded on the surface which was beautiful. This little church was a pleasant unexpected treasure to find, one of many that Paris holds and has tucked away on every corner.



We ate dinner at a French Pizzaria. The pizza itself was similar to American pizza but thinner with a very crispy crust. There was also not as much cheese and other toppings piled on top, but it was extremely light and tasty. We spent the rest of the evening in the hotel attempting to get as much rest as possible as we had a big day planned for tomorrow.