After 20 hours in the air we managed to find ( first that our backpacks had arrived with us) and then bus connections into Gare Montparnasse Railway Station (Central Paris)and then to the hotel near there.To make up the exercise deficit we walked up to the Seine and took in local sites ; St Geramin Church, Sorbonne Uni, Luxemborg Gardens, glimpses of the Louvre and finally to Notre Dame Cathedral which was our destination.
Outside, I have seen pictures of it before , and it is grand and inpressive as the pictures . Inside it was quite a different feeling. The filtered light from the thousand upon thousand of stained glass windows created a special type of atmosphere and feel. The domed and vaulted ceilings created space and dark voids. The inside is huge and we didn't really have time to see and appreciate everything... it was a place that I will remember
On our weary return I accidently travelled down Rue de St Jacques(St James Street).....this was pretty coincidental as I understand it is down this street that pilgrims set out from Notre Dame for Santiagio de Compostela... or so it is said.
We catch a fast train to Bayonne tomorrow and then a small train to the French side of the Pyranees. So far so good..happy trails
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