Place de Vosges, Musee Carnavalet, Pompidou Center, L'Eglise St-Eustache and Dinner Chez Patricia (Day 5)
I started my day at the local Sunday market. It is filled with an amazing array of fruits, vegetables, fromage, confiture, bread, fresh fish, chicken and rabbit. I bought a wonderful baguette au olive et lardon. No one makes bread like the French! After the market, I spent the day walking around Paris, taking in all it has to offer. I visited the Place des Vosges, the Pompidou Center, L'Eglise St-Eustache, and the Musee Carnavalet. At the Pompidou Center, I took five escalators to the top of the building to view the city. I could see Sacre Coeur, the Eiffel Tower and Paris's amazing collage of rooftops. At the L'Eglise St-Eustache, there just happened to be an organ concert to enjoy. The day ended with dinner Chez Patricia where we ate salmon au citron et caper, potatoes Daphonois, mixte salade, French radishes avec fleur de sel, and baguette. And for dessert, tart citron. Bon appetit! After dinner we walked down to the Paris-Plage and listened to rock and roll music and watched the swing dancers. Such fun. There's nothing like listening to familiar American music on the banks of the Seine. Paris rocks!