"who'd have thought..." we said as we gazed at the firmly closed doors of the department stores... Yep the department stores are shut on Sundays in fact most stores other than those around the tourist areas are shut on Sundays. It was a long topic of conversation over lunch as we had decided we'd do a spot of shopping to find that special little something that screamed Paris! But it was all silent on the shopping front.
However we had already had an absolute treat in the L'Orangerie where we finally made it to see some Modigliani paintings it was part of their collection as opposed to a special installation which the banners at Musee D'Orsay seemed to imply. However we spent time enjoying the ambiance and beauty of the Nymphaes ie Monet's water lilies which are in a cyclorama in this lovely building in the Tuileries
A bit of a line wait gave us time to chat and take a few photos of each other and the parts of the Eiffel Tower that we could see from the Tuileries wall. After out trip to the fateful, fruitless shopping area we had lunch and headed to St Chapelle yet another sight of beautiful things in this case the spectacular stained glass windows.
Strolling through Paris back to our apartment in St Germain took us through some narrow streets past some open shops with jewelry and other things to look at then finally home and resting in preparation for an evening out.
We eventually made it out and had a lovely quiet dinner near our apartment and an ice cream from the ice cream store at had about 100 people waiting at it during the afternoon but not so when we made it to the counter.
Yet another lovely day in Paris and two more to go!
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Bet the stores closed were a real surprise to you. But not me. We grew up in Ohio where there was what they called blue law. NOTHING and I mean nothing, not even a grocery or gas station was open. Against the law. Life was different. You did everything during the six other days. You only rested on Sunday. That meant no amusement parks or anything were open. It took years for it to change. Not until our kids were teenagers.
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