A Few More Scenes

Living Room of Flat Linda's Paris apartment

Kitchen

Notre Dame

Sainte Chapelle

Bayeux Tapestries

Gardens at Versailles Palace

Parking and driving in Paris can be challenging.

Organ at St. Sulpice Church. Flat Linda attended an organ concert there.

Ernest's old hangout

Hotel where Oscar Wilde lived & died

Oscar Wilde's grave at Père Lachaise cemetery

Père Lachaise cemetery - just a touch crowded

Jim Morrison's grave at Père Lachaise

From the top of the Eiffel Tower

Famous bakery on the Champs-Élysées

Delicious macarons from famous bakery on the Champs-Élysées

Mini-cupcakes from Berko

Chocolate shop in the Montmartre area

This cookie alone is worth going to Paris - from Arnaud Lahrer

The journey home begins - Charles DeGaulle airport

Flat Linda Wraps It Up

Flat Linda's Paris adventure is coming to a close. She has had a great time experiencing fall in this amazing city.

Along the Seine


The historic Hôtel de Ville


The Pompidou Center


Works from the National Museum of Modern Art at the Pompidou

Sunday market north of Place de la Bastille


Chateau de Vincennes










A local character expressing his opinion of the neighborhood poodles

Musée d'Orsay


Tuileries


Flat Linda wrapped up her last day in Paris with a little more shopping.


Then, since she was down to her last euros, she stopped at the popular falafel stand around the corner for dinner.






Now all that remains is to cram all those souvenirs into her suitcase and make her way to the airport tomorrow. She's trying not to think of the almost 12 hours she will be spending on planes. Maybe she'll use use that time to start planning her next adventure. Greece? Spain? Botswana? Who knows where she will go next!

Why Flat Linda is Exhausted

Flat Linda has been earning her pastry calories as she conquers the sights of Paris.

She spent an afternoon exploring the Montmartre area on a two hour walking tour with Paris Walks. She began at the Abbesses metro stop with its Art Nouveau entryway.


The tour gradually wound up the steep hill with the tour guide pointing out many interesting sights along the way.

More than 30 windmills once ground wheat and pressed grapes on Montmartre. Only two remain.


This sculpture is in honor of Marcel Aymé's famous short story, Le Passe-Muraille or The Walker-Through-Walls.


At the top of the hill: Sacre-Coeur


Looking out over Paris


At the bottom of the hill. Note the three guys in the bottom middle of the page. They were running laps up and down these stairs.


What else has Flat Linda seen?

Antoine Lavoisier's lab at the Musée des Arts et Métiers


Opera Garnier - elements of this opera house inspired The Phantom of the Opera




She didn't get to see the underground lake but did see the auditorium ceiling which was painted by Marc Chagall.




Arc de Triomphe


Champs-Élysées - more touristy than sophisticated these days


Delicious chocolate macaron from the famous Ladurée pastry shop on the Champs-Élysées