August 7 - Paris Museums

We woke up early in our Paris hotel today and took the tube to the Louvre museum. Margaret has wanted to go to the Louvre for years and was joyful at having the opportunity to see all the paintings that she had only seen in books for so long! Sean and Margaret were also very pleasantly surprised to see their favorite spot for breakfast just happened to have a location INSIDE the Louve, someone had let Starbucks set up there (whoo-hoo).

After the Louvre we walked to Nortre Dame cathedral. We enjoyed walking around the cathedral and sitting inside for a few moments of peace in the busy Paris afternoon. The rose windows were beatiful, and soft music was playing while we were inside. I think my favorite thing about this cathedral is that it wasn't as overly ornate as some of the others we have seen, but was still absolutly stunning and beautiful.

After a bite to eat, and getting our train tickets for the next part of our journey we headed to the Orangerie Museum. This is where the Monet 'rooms' are, entire rooms surrounded with waterlilies, it was so beautiful.