I’m not normally a big shopper, but hey, I was in the shoppingest city in the world so…when in Rome. Or, Paris….
My interests were in cooking supplies and Hermes scarves. And, possibly something sweet. Plus my medal needed to see the city!
On Monday after breakfast we made a plan! There were a few shops we for sure wanted to see and then we planned to roam a bit.
Our first stop was the Dyptique candle shop at St. Germain — such lusciously fragrant candles.
After looking in here we wandered along.
and eventually made our way to Le Bon Marche but not before we found ourselves at the Mothership — Hermes. This was certainly going to be a window-shopping only situation!! But such gorgeousness, right?
I could just roll around in these…
We headed over to Le Bon and roamed the several floors and made a stop for lunch
Lunch, Paris style…
We made a couple of stops in smaller shops (chocolate maybe?!) as well as a walk over the Pont des Arts – also known as the “Love Lock” bridge
A week after we were here they started taking down all of the locks….
Then on to the Cathedral of Notre Dame where my medal had a chance for a picture with Pope Saint John Paul II as well as the rose window..
With Saint Il Papa
We had been wandering most of the day and knew that we’d be getting up early to take the train to Reims for champagne tasting so dinner was a baguette and some cheese we picked up in the local market – along with some wine we’d gotten on our first day in town!
Tomorrow, it’s off to Reims and some champagne tasting/tours – along with a lunch stop in a beautiful garden setting.
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