Our big tourist day for sightseeing Paris.

High on Barbara's list of places to visit were La Sainte-Chapelle, which we'd never seen before, and Notre Dame Cathedral, which we hadn't seen since Carla was an infant.

La Sainte-Chapelle is a chapel with 15 huge floor to celling 15th century stained glass windows depicting biblical stories. Notre Dame is the iconic cathedral that took more than 200 years to build. Although they are both on the IŒle de la Cité, they are very different places of worship.

We ate lunch across from Notre Dame, salad with Spanish ham, quite good for a tourist trap restaurant. We chatted with other Americans enjoying Parisian vacations.

Since Jose-Maria was free to join us, we wanted to visit a sight he had not seen before. Musée de l'Orangerie, near Place de la Concorde, had been recently renovated, and was chock full of impressionistic works. Afterwards, we walked though Jardin des Tuileries, towards the Louvre and a metro back to the apartment, snacking on gelati au chocolat & pistachio.

For dinner we ate together at l'Agrume, highly rated. We shared Spanish ham as an appetizer. J-M & Barbara went for the risotto w/crayfish, while Agnès & Nick had a John Dory fish.