A Parisian breakfast. This stuff is really, really good! --Even the Starbuck's Cafe American. Luckily, both the patisserie and Starbucks are practically outside our back gate. See photos.

In a gallery window near the Louvre, we spotted this creative combination of art from way different eras.

Isn't Notre Dame a gorgeous church? Yesterday, during our stroll across the Pont de Sully Bridge, we photograped this view of the back of the Gothic church. It is the best known angle, and is well-recognized because of its flying buttresses. We learned last year in Florence, that the best architects built their domes without the need for butresses, as can be seen in Florence's Duomo. But, Notre Dame was built during the 170 year period from 1163 to 1333, before ...

It looks like a common supermarket shelf, but at the MonoP in Paris, everything is in French. For non-French speakers, figuring out which milk to choose (whole or .5%; they don't have skim, 1%, or 2%), which butter or even the word ("beurre") and packaging for butter, which yogurt, etc., etc. can be difficult. It takes a lot longer at this tiny mini-supermarket. The other day, Steve stopped in at the largest supermaket called "MonoPrix", and it wasn't much bigger...

Yesterday, we went on a walking tour of the Marais District. It's not far from our apartment, but we took The Metro (subway) to meet our guide, Jill, at St. Paul's Church. She is a vounteer with Paris Greeters, a group that provides free walking tours of Paris' various districts. The Marais, which is part of the 3rd Arrondissement (the city is divided into 20 districts called "arrondissements"), is the hottest area right now because of it's unique shops, resta...