Sep 14, 2011

Another full day of exploring started with grabbing a day pass on the metro train (great value as we zig zagged our way all over Paris all day) and a visit to the Eiffel Tower including a ride up to the very top in the lift and a look at the magnificent panorama of Paris at our feet. As if that wasn’t enough to make us gasp who should we run into than a friend and fellow Women in Supply Chain (WISC) member Jennifer and her husband Steve from Melbourne. Now what would be the chances of that? I know we both work in the area of logistics but that’s ridiculous, cracked me up!



The photo to prove it from the top of the Eiffel Tower looking towards the Arc de triomphe

From there we headed back to the Louvre as it was close to the hotel and Sharen and Ken got their ipad issue sorted at the apple shop in the Louvre and we went back to collect our Museum pass’s I had left in the room safe..…only to find I had already put them in the backpack..…so I forgot that I didn’t forget or something. Anyway the Louvre was awesome and we saw the Mona Lisa in person as well as a lot of other beautiful things not to mention the building itself including some of the apartments occupied by Napoleon which were quite beautiful.



An interesting view of window cleaning at the Louvre

From there it was off to Museum Dorsey which was the original Railway Station in Paris until the platforms were no longer long enough to cater for modern trains. Such a blessing the building wasn’t scrapped, it is a magnificent structure and I enjoyed the sculpture and seeing many paintings I had studied in my school days by Van Gogh, Cezanne, Manet, Gauguin, Lautrec and many others. The building was a beautiful space and we were surprised that there is no reference to it having been the railway station…a major oversight in our opinion and somewhat disrespectful for its actual history. Opportunity lost.

Having walked our poor little legs off we decided NOT to return to see the Eiffel Tower with the lights on but to find a restaurant close by to dine at so we can be in better shape to tackle a big day tomorrow as we head out of Paris.



Notre Dame Cathedral from the land then from the Seine. Cannot believe that I would see this in person after studying it in my History of Art lessons all those years ago. Just beautiful!