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 Left Bank, Paris March 14, 2026 Breakfast included croissants from a bakery around the corner.  This may become routine! We might have overdone it today with 7 hours of touring the Left Bank. That includes a lunch break. We visited a few churches and 2 museums.  We started with The Cluny Museum which is housed in a bath house from the first century and a turreted Gothic mansion. It holds an amazing collection of medieval artifacts. We visited a few churches along the way which were beautiful. We fit in a nice lunch and Jack enjoyed his first order of escargot of the trip. After lunch we walked past the Sorbonne, Annie's Alma mater, before heading to the Pantheon. Here we saw Marie Curie and Voltaire's crypts along with some stunning statues and architecture. It rained/hailed for a brief time, but it was mainly a beautiful day. We stopped on our way home for some cheese and a baguette for an authentic light French meal. I'm not sure what we'll do tomorrow, but it will d...
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 We were much more rested today and we decided we are not too old for this adventure after all. We went on a wonderful food tour based in our area today. Our guide was great and we spent the day with 2 lovely ladies and their mom. They are from England and gave their mom a weekend in Paris for Christmas. If anyone is looking for gift ideas, this is a winner. The tour started with croissants, and moved onto macarons, chocolates, pastrami sandwiches (from the Jewish section of town), , onion soup, dessert (a wonderful little pastry) cheese and wine. We also explored a food market that had everything from oysters to roasted chicken. This will be incorporated into our future meal planning.  It was rainy but a great way to spend 4 hours. Aside from being delicious, it was a nice way to get to know our neighborhood.  We got a little lost on the way home which allowed us to explore a bit more.    After many hours, we went out for dinner.  I know I can't believe we...
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Our travel philosophy has been we need to travel while we still can. Early this evening we were both questioning whether we waited too long. Our red-eye was delayed by two and a half hours so we didn't take off until @1 AM. Neither of us got much sleep. It is amazing how uncomfortable airplane seats are.  Our apartment is on the third floor, which we knew, but lugging suitcases up stairs was a challenge.  The woman who met us at the apartment locked herself out so we passed the time in a nearby Cafe until she got the key. It ended up being a good thing. Some coffee and French onion soup refreshed us. I was able to skip a nap. Jack took a short rest and we pushed ourselves out. We walked to Notre-Dame which is about 10 minutes from us. The area is lovely and the outside of Notre-Dame is amazing.  We will tour inside another day. We stopped at a local market and picked up a few essentials, wine, coffee, cream, and hot sauce.  We also picked up something light for dinne...
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