Le troisième jour ...

We slept in a bit this morning. Breakfast was at 8:00 and half of the group made it. A few had to grab a croissant on our way to the Louvre. M Saunoi led us through Paris passing by Les Halles and l'église St. Eustache. We saw the wonderful Pyramide du Louvre designed by I. M. Pei. On our guided tour we learned that he redesigned the entrance to handle 4 million visitors per year. Last year there were 8.5 million visitors and the President of the Louvre is working towards reaching 12 million visitors per year. We can vouch for the fact that it was crowded.

The afternoon was in smaller groups. One group returned to Notre Dame and climbed the towers. They were lucky to experience up close the ringing of the bells.

Another group visited several museums and also made a quick stop at the Adidas shop to pick up French soccer uniforms.

The third group was shopping with me. We went to the Galleries Lafayette and the Champs Elysées.

Tomorrow - Versailles

M. Swanson