Day 21 - Raining in Paris — Patti Part Two

What do you do in Paris when it rains? Exactly what you were planning! Rain doesn’t stop anyone or anything here - you just go. We planned a pretty relaxing day as we’ve been keeping ourselves on the go and covering a lot of ground. Raincoat ✅ Umbrella✅ Off we go!

We started walking down toward the Seine with a potential destination of the Louvre and the Tuileries. We browsed in shops and got a little shopping done - never a terrible idea in Paris. There are so many great shops for anyone and everything. I’m not a big shopper but it was fun.

I love this picture! Another example of the old and the new totally working.

We stopped for lunch at a cute cafe called La Favorite that had been recommended to us and it was wonderful. It was right across the street from a beautiful church I had been in over my Christmas trip where we heard a wonderful holiday concert of Vivaldi.

Avocado toast for Julie and a Croque Madame for me. Delicious!

We sat at the cafe for awhile and just people watched. Lots of great umbrellas and we discussed whether or not you can tell a lot about a person based on their umbrella😊

Time to move on so we headed over to see the Louvre. No plans to go inside but such a beautiful building.

With the rain it wasn’t that busy outside so I had to jump up on one of the boxes and do it😊

We meandered down through the Tuileries which are gorgeous gardens that sit between the Louvre and Place de la Concorde. With all the rain Paris has been having the flowers are still gorgeous and the grass is so green!

The day we arrived in Paris a new sculpture was unveiled in the Garden of the Petit Palace which is an art gallery along the Champs-Elysees. It is a gift from the American artist Jeff Koons that is meant to symbolize love as a tribute to the 130 people that were killed in the November 2015 terror attacks and bombings that occurred here. The sculpture is 40 feet high and we found it. It’s supposed to be tulips but looks more like marshmallows to me, but still cool. The hand is unbelievably realistic looking.

Jeff Koons Tulip sculpture in the garden of the Petit Palace.

Planning a BiG day for tomorrow so that’s it for now! Check back soon😊