Date: 04-23
Paris, explorer
Weather: Cloudy, 15c
Returned to Notre Dame today to visit inside the chapel. Being a Saturday it was quite busy. Around the corner from Notre Dame is another church, Saint-Ste. It is realitively small in a simple rectangular shape but renowed for its stained glass. For euro 6.10 we entered and it was the first church we had seen with two floors. The first floor was ok, nothing out of the ordinary and I was beginning to think our money could have been better spent when we walked up a narrow spiral staircase to the second floor. The walls were like 30 feet tall and all stained glass. It was incredible. Unlike the Notre Dame which had stained glass 'windows' this just had walls of stainglass. We spent a while in there, it was so beautiful (and they hadchairs).
We walked to the Arc de Triumphe up the Champs Elysee. It was very crowded. They even have a McDonalds that sells beer! We arrived at the Arc at around 5:45pm but it was closed for a special ceremony so we could not climb it as we had hoped. We stopped for a while and just watched the traffic go around it. It is the largest round-about in the world and most insurance companies do not insure it. We could see exits all on unmarked road. It is one round-about that you do not stop to get on, you just drive straight into the outer circle then merge inwards. Admittedly, we watched for half an hour and did not see any accidents - many, many close calls though.
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