After lunch yesterday, we sat around the apartment discussing possible places to visit in the afternoon. Discussing possibilities is very French, for there are many possibilities offered with all their pros and cons together with time of opening and time to leave. In the middle of this discussion Philippe Cindy and Dennis left to visit a watchmaker around the corner. Upon returning a little more discussion and then we left to visit the Jardin des Plantes (Plant Garden), a relatively short bus ride on Boulevard St. Germain. The garden is a gem worth visiting. Upon entering, you look straight ahead to long alley ways leading to a beautiful huge building about a half mile ahead. Along the alleys are planted flowers, bushes and trees or all varities, some even grouped by type such as those used for medicines, soap, etc. Further in the garden are green houses for tropical plantes, and even a separate green house for plants from New Calidonia.
Instead of taking the bus back, we dicided to walk alone the Seine. This is a wonderful walk among beautiful plantings, sculpture beautiful buildings, and, of course, all the boat traffic on the river. It is like enterening another world, as street noise just dissapears. As we came nearer to Notre Dame, the full size and the majesty of the church was impressive especially this unique vantage point. We sad on a bench and just look and talked. Once we walked up to street level, the mood changed entirely. The streets were noisy and crammed with people.
We end the day with a quick dinner of pizza and beer at my favorite pub, O'Neal's- then to bed at 8:30. More tomorrow.
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