Louvre and Latin Quarter

After a day sat outside Bettine, watching the amazing spectacle of the Queens funeral, we were ready for a full final day of sightseeing.

Glad to say trains had returned to normal so our trip into the city was without stress!

First stop, Louvre, for the photos you have to take when in Paris 😉

We walked along the Seine, past Musee D’orsay, along to Pont Neuf. Some stunning views en-route.

We love to wander through the streets of a city without too much of a plan and the Latin Quarter was a great place to do this.

The oldest district in Paris, it is home to the Sorbonne university and many, many bookshops and of course, the under repair, Notre Dame Cathedral.

It was sad to see Notre Dame in its current state.

Shakespeare & Company is ‘arguably the most famous independent bookstore in the world’, a meeting place for writers for over 70 years. Hemingway, James Joyce and F. Scott Fitzgerald have frequented it’s rooms.

We sat in a cafe, on a beautiful square, close to Hemingway’s apartment, with the sun shining and a carafe of Brouilly, watching the world go by.

We ate cheese & a freshly baked baguette washed down with a glass of red on the banks of the Seine.

Our last stop was the beautiful Galeries Lafayette which is a spectacle in its own right. It also has an amazing rooftop terrace where we took in our final views of this amazing city!