Out and about in Paris

The day started with a visit to Sainte Chapelle, built in the 13 th century.

It was built by Loius IX to house true relics of the cross, it is truely magnificent.

Though not so impressive from the outside.

We then walked past Notre Dame...

..to a well rated coffee shop.

We lunched in the Marais with huge bowls of French onion soup, then headed to the Louis Vitton Foundation building in the Bois de Bologne. The building was designed by Frank Gehry..as in the UTS paper bag building.

It was housing a pop art and music exhibition, most of which went over our heads. Basically big rooms, with arty videos with music, eg

There were some Andy Warhol era artworks, these Jean-Michel Basquait, whose other works we had seen in the Guggenheim in Bilbao, but not many....

..and the view through the architectural detail at the top was worth all the steps.

In the evening we walked down to a Basque restaurant Pottoka near the Eiffel Tower. It was raining lightly and the tower was in 7pm sparkle mode.

The food was amazing. A 3 course meal for AUD 50. Below are some of our orders.

It was then back via the tower, doing its 10 pm sparkle, so more photos were called for.