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

Cruisin' with Flat Linda

Flat Linda decided to brave the winds again on a one hour boat tour of the Seine. The tour started near Notre Dame, cruised down to the Eiffel Tower, and circled back.



Flat Linda found the views both beautiful...


and entertaining as she saw a scuba diver emerge from the river, only to be hauled into a police boat.



What else has Flat Linda been up to? Take a look.

Flat Linda is glad that her apartment building has an elevator that is just her size...


so she doesn't have to climb the winding stairs like her claustrophobic friends do.

Flat Linda visited the Louvre








and explored the Tuileries, where she chatted up the ducks.




Mmmm - chocolate. Thanks for the recommendation Laura H.!


Beautiful Paris afternoon

Flat Linda at the Summit

Flat Linda had one of her most exciting adventures yet when she went to the top of the Eiffel Tower.



Given her waifish physique, Flat Linda had to ride in her companion's purse and just peek out lest the winds send her floating off over the lights of Paris. Miraculously, her beret stayed in place the whole time. She reports that Paris at night is indeed beautiful.



Her official photographer preferred to remain on the second level of the tower, at about 400', versus 899' for Le Sommet. Thus there are no photos from the top or of Flat Linda's seriously windblown hair.







Check out some more scenes from Flat Linda's Paris adventure.

The Seine at night




Versailles Palace


Dancing fountains in the Versailles gardens


Shopping for sensible shoes


Bayeux Tapestries at the Cluny Museum


Checking out Foucault's Pendulum at the Pantheon


Visiting another quilt shop (Flat Linda is serious about her hobby!)





Pastries from Gerard Mulot in the Marais - the macarons were amazing


Victor Hugo's home


Digging in to some beef bourguignon at Auberge de la Reine Blanche on Ile St. Louis

Flat Linda Has Been Sprung!

Great news! Flat Linda has been sprung from French prison. A surprise visitor came to her rescue - Flat Charlyn!

Flat Charlyn scaled the prison wall and helped Flat Linda escape. Now Flat Linda is trying to lay low so the gendarmerie don't find her and haul her away again.


These two flat friends decided to spend the afternoon at Luxembourg Gardens. Each enjoyed the park....


....in her own way.


Enjoying a fountain


Looking for French hobbits


Other Luxembourg scenes:

Luxembourg palace, where the French Senate meets


Medici fountain


Flat Linda and Flat Charlyn ended their day with pastries from Carton on Rue de Buci.
Seen here: malaga (the layers of chocolatey deliciousness), citron pavee, florentine