Day 15 – Paris 23 Sept 2013

Monday, only 2 days left in Paris and being Monday the Chateau of Versailles is closed so that makes it tomorrows outing. So today we are first off to see Monets Lillie’s.

We catch the RER around to the D’Orsey and the walk over the river to the Musee L’Orangerie which houses Monets Water Lillie’s, there is a small line up but it doesn’t take long to get inside. We sit a while and enjoy the paintings before going down to see the other pictures in the gallery, there is a good collection of Renoir paintings.

Next it is back on the metro and off to the Basilica Sacre Cour. I asked our hotel desk clerk which was the best station to go to for the basilica, I though she was sending us to the station I used on one of my previous visit, alas I can only deduce that the desk clerk has not been to the basilica because the station was at the back of the Basilica which means one thing, lots of steps, 3 main staircases of about 100 steps each.

After hauling ourselves up to the top we entered into the main shopping and art center, lots of artists painting portraits of tourists, street performers and restaurants. We head around to the Basilica and wander inside, the inside is nicely decorated, some great roof paintings.

After exiting back out onto the steps we admire the views over Paris in the sunshine before wandering down to the food and tourist shops, a sandwich is enjoyed while watching the carousel. Some mandatory gift shopping is done before heading for the station that I imaged we would have started at.

For future reference Anvers is the metro stop for the Basilica.

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