Our tours today started at the beautiful San Chapel with the most amazing stained glass windows, depicting the lives of the Savior and the Apostles. I commented to my friends that it was impossible to understand the stories the windows told without the light of the sun to illuminate them. So it is with the scriptures. We have to read them by the spirit and in the context of the Son of God for them to make sense and have meaning. This chapel paid homage to St Genevieve who was entombed there. I liked the recognition of a righteous woman! Becky was really moved by the spirit of the chapel, similar to the way the LDS temple moves me and we both acknowledged the faith of the catholic people who built this structure.
Our next stop was the Pantheon. It is a humongous structure where the Focault pendulum hangs. It is also the burial place of important Frenchmen such as Voltaire and Victor Hugo. The sheer size is overwhelming.
After a quick stop by Shakespeare's bookstore and a bit of outdoor market shopping, we grabbed a delicious lunch of buckwheat crepes filled with ham, tomatoes, cheese and topped with an egg. I preferred the dessert crepes of apples and sales caramel sauce.
On our way home we stopped by the original Bon Marche where I continued my search for silver candlesticks. We also visited the big food market and stocked up on French Chocolate and tea to bring home.
After a refresher back at the apartment we headed for Champs de Elysse and the Arc du Triumph. The arc is amazing and our walk down the Champ helped me understand how Paris got the title of "city of lights." Tonight we had a late dinner at a classic French restaurant. I have tasted foi gras (not bad) creme Brule and real French toast. Desserts are all amazing! We've had a lot of Metro rides today--that is the most exhausting part, but the city itself is really laid back. I am impressed that everyone I saw was dressed up, no sloppies here at all, including the teenagers!
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