July 23

Slept well. Breakfast in our funky little hotel and off we went to the Louvre. It was busy but we managed to see a fair bit including the Mona Lisa….A bit of a disappointment because it is so small and the crowds were crazy. After a couple of hours in the Louvre we walked through the Champs D’Elysees to the Arc de Triump for an amazing 360 degree view of the city. We were lucky as it was a clear sunny day ( warm too about 30 ). Then back to the hotel shower and off to dinner and walk to Notre Dame which was closed for the night but it was lit up from the outside. At night the street vendors seem to come out and that night we saw an impressive group of young men doing crazy stunts on their roller blades…yes it was without any protective gear so it was hard for Graham and I to listen to how “COOL” it was from the boys…..however impressive it was.