And I was right. We got up this morning kind of late and had no plans. I after I finally roused myself I hit the guidebook and tried to put together a rough plan for the day.

The first stop was a revisit of Notre Dame. This time we actually took our time walking around and we also paid 2 EUR to get into the treasury where the cathedral has collected various holy relics over the centuries such as vestments, busts, jewelery, crowns, staffs, chalices and really gross reliquary. For those of you who don't know, a reliquary is some sort of a vessel, an ornate box or statue perhaps, that showcases a body part, generally a bone, of a saint. See the pictures. Notre Dame itself is definitely a very impressive piece of Gothic architecture which is probably why it was so depressing. They also kept the lights very low which did not improve the mood or the picture quality (sorry). After leaving the cathedral, we stmbled onto this little playground in the courtyard that had this cool spinning thing. You kinda have to look at the pics to understand...

Nearby the cathedral lies Pont Neuf, the oldest bridge in Paris, whose name ironically translates to "new bridge." It was pretty cool to look at and it's lined with stone sculptures of what are supposed to be the tradesmen of the period.

Next stop on the intinerary was Musee D'Orsay, a museum that hold French paintings, sculptures and other art forms dating from 1848 till World War One. On the walk there we also passed by the Assemblee Nationale. When we got there, the line was HUGE. We decided to take a crack at it tomorrow.

Then we did the best thing we did all day, perhaps the best thing we will do in all of Paris. We took a trip to the Musee des Egouts de Paris. The Museum of the Sewers of Paris. It's this underground museum that tells about the development of Paris' sewer system. It happens to be really old and really complex. Leave it to Josh and me to have a great time taking a stroll over flowing raw sewage.

After emerging and remembering what air smells like, we walked over to the St. Sulpice Cathedral. Yes, the only reason we went is because is because I read the Da Vinci Code. Yes, I am but another lowly slave to popular literature. Get over it. The Cathedral is really beautiful though. I believe it was designed by a Venetian which probably has something to do with it having a much cheerier atmosphere than Notre Dame. It was also nice to see the Equinox Line run across the floor and up that really out-of-place obelisk.

On our way to the river, we passed the Pantheon, a very large Neoclassical building inspired by the Pantheon in Rome that is the burial place of many great Frenchmen, and since Marie Curie, Frenchwoman (had to write that, I'm told a very proeminent feminist reads this blog). Nearby also stood La Sorbonne, a very famous and prestigious university that has operated since 1257.

Across the Seine we arrived at La Place de la Bastille. Since the prison was destroyed by a Parisian mob at the beginning of the French Revolution, its obviously no longer there and in its place there is a large traffic roundabout in the center of which stands the Colonne Juillet. It's a large column with a beautiful gilded statue at the top which memorializes those who died in the July revolution.

By this time we were starving and had to go find food. We organised the Bastille as our last stop before lunner (lunch and dinner, a term we are sadly becoming more and more acquainted with on this trip) because it stands right by the neighborhood of Le Marais where you can find Rue des Rosiers. This street holds a couple of kosher resaturants and is probably the last spot we'll get prepared kosher food for a while. Josh had shawarma and I had kefta. We paid a pretty penny but it was totally worth it.

Thinking we had alloted enough time for the Eiffel Tower we took a Metro ride at got there at around 9:45 PM. We waited online for an hour and a half for the elevator ride to the top at which point they informed the crowd that the top floor was closed. (insert explicative) We thought, OK no big deal, we'll just buy tickets for another night. So we waited another 20 minutes to find out that they only sell tickets for immidiate use (insert some more). Trying to make the best of a wasted night we took some pics of the Eiffel Tower which is verry pretty lit up with its flashing lights. Unfortunatly, it doesn't translate into the pics so well (you know what to do).

Back home, we've decided to make an actual plan so that we don't get screwed again. We'll try and get to the Musee D'Orsay early tomorrow and go from there.