Next morning we hunted down these "Paris Passes" which pays for entrances at most museums but most important lets you stand in a shorter line. The we saw Notre Dame, yes it is incredible, made a quick stop for coffee and hit the Louve.
The Louve is immense! It has two metro stops of it's own. It has HUGE lines but we got to go through the short 20 min line to get in. Then it is just "Wow", "OMG", Wow" for 4 hours straight. A one point I thought I should be wearing my fuel belt and have water and Gu's for this. Well the gigantic purse came in handy as a sub.
Here is a picture of a mirror with pictures in it which is pretty much what happens to your mind after a while. After 4 hours we just had to stop. It turns out that "stair practice" comes in handy in Paris but "stare practice" would have been useful too!
After a quick bite to eat it was off to the Arc de Triophe by walking through the Tulleries (a couple of side trips to check out some interesting things) up the Champs Elysee where we saw our first Starbucks. In fact the Champs Elysee is where you can drop big bucks should that be a goal you have. Then we climbed the Arc (no line standing for us we already had our tickets, OK short line standing before we figured out where to go). The weather did not make for great pics, cold rain, but it was amazing 284 stairs to the top and quite the display of history.
Then it was a Metro ride to Montmartre to visit Sacre Coeur Church of the Scared Heart. It was 225 steps up to the church then another 20 or so to get inside. An amazing Church outfitted with Nun's singing away, while tourists made a circuit. I wanted to stay for Mass just to sit down but it was 6:30 pm and we need to get back to the apt. and find some food-which we did!
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