Mark and I left a gorgeous, sunny day in Houston Friday and arrived to a grey, cold day in Paris Saturday. But there’s nothing unusual about that, is there? We weren’t able to sit together on our flight, and while we waited for our luggage I overheard the guy I sat next to telling someone about how much the lady next to him (moi) slept. He was amazed and more than a little envious. Yep, I’m telling you, three Simply Sleep + one airplane bottle of red wine=Happy Landing cocktail. Works every time.
After a three-hour power nap at our apartment, we hit the streets of Saint-Germain.
Gorgeous hat shop
flower shop
street shot
Mark standing by happy red door of nice hotel
After a nice walk we were ready to put our feet up and enjoy some cafe wine. We scored a perfect corner table with this prime view of the street.
Lots of folks were out enjoying the cold Saturday.
No, I did not intentionally pick out the scaffolding and plastic- I swear it’s everywhere.
This morning I went to my favorite flea market, Porte de Vanves, and poked around in all the stuff. It was sunny but a tad chilly 34 degrees.
Afterwards I went home and picked up Mark, and we went to explore Hotel des Invalides.
Although very close to our apartment, we had never before wandered through this gorgeous complex, which used to house disabled veterans. One famous Frenchman is still housed there- Napoleon’s tomb is located in the beautiful Eglise du Dome. His body is in one of six nested coffins within this sarcophagus of red quartzite.
If he were able to see out the top, this would be his view.
seal in the floor upon entering the dome
The Hotel des Invalides also contains the wonderful Musee de l’Armee, which includes many of Napoleon’s uniforms, as well as some of his campaign furniture.
Through the entrance, a peek of the Grand Palais and my favorite bridge, Pont Alexandre.
From here we walked to the charming Rue Cler for lunch at a busy cafe.
Notice the Poilane bread on top of the shelf!
Needing to walk off our lunch, we ambled over to the Montparnasse Tower, the tallest building in Paris.
That doesn’t look like Paris, does it? Once there, we decided to save the view from the top for a less hazy day (or night), so you will just have to wait for those pics!
And that is how I have spent my time since landing here on Saturday morning. Thanks for stopping by!
Mais Oui Paris 
Welcome back to Paris. Your pictures are helping my post paris depression no end. 37 days and I will be back!
Love Denise
I know they will fly by!
And just think you missed the frost on the field this morning!! Yes it was 32 this morning in Houston. But now it is supposed to reach 66. March is a fickle month!!!
There was frost on the field just before I left! Bet there won’t be when I return.
We land Tuesday! The cold won’t bother us none. We’re Mainers now. Though I was in Texas last week too and enjoyed not wear full winter attire.
Woo hoo!
As a hat lover I have to ask, the hat store you photographed, do they sell men’s hats as well? We’ll be in Paris in July and buying a hat in Paris is on my to do list.
I didn’t go in, but the window appeared to have only women’s hats. Plenty of mens hats here, though. Bates on Rue Rivoli comes to mind!
Great Tour. Much better than the rodeo and the tween show of Demi Lovato and Auston Mahone we just saw. We took the Houston metro there which worked well though I noticed it is not as well notated as the Paris subway.
Well, it was a tough choice for me—the rodeo or Paris?
Great photos! I especially liked the one of Mark in front of the red door!