The Sights of Paris

Since this was my third trip to Paris, we hadn't planned to stay there very long. Just a couple of days, one of which we planned to spend in the Louvre. Instead, we spent four days in Hopital Lariboisiere seeing sights that I'd be happy never to see again.

But when Mark was released from the hospital, he was advised not to leave town for a day or two. (Sounds like he was on parole.) As it worked out, not leaving for a few days was a really good idea. He tired extremely quickly and wouldn't have done well on the train to Zurich if we'd tried to leave as soon as he was released. So in the meantime, we hopped on a double decker tour bus so we could at least "see" the sights.

On our first day, Mark only managed to stay awake on the bus for a couple of hours before he needed to go back to the hotel for a nap. The second day we only got off the bus to change bus routes and to eat lunch. He still had very little energy and certainly no tolerance for crowds.

But, here's a sample of what we could see from the bus. It wasn't bright sunshine, but at least it wasn't raining. (In most cases, I don't know what the building is - other than pretty - because I didn't want to plug in the headphones. I was happier listening to Mark.