Paris - Day 3: Part 1 - Churches & Museums

We got up and got ready to head into Paris.  We ate breakfast at the bakery next door again.  Super good.
We got tickets for the Metro to take us to the subway.  We realized later that we didn't need to buy the tickets because the Metro was part of our Paris Pass.  But we didn't know at the time and wanted to be safe.

From the Metro we got on the subway for about a half an hour and that took us right into Paris.  We were already so hot because of the heat wave that was following us so once we got off the subway we decided to stop at a cafe and have a drink.  While we drank our Coke Lights, we figured out where we were and where we wanted to go.  We were really close to our first stop, Sainte-Chapelle, that all we had to do was cross the bridge and then cross a street.

I guess so many of the churches and museums are on a island and you have to cross bridges to get to them.  There is a large river that goes through the city.
We walked over the bridge and then headed to the Sainte-Chapelle.  It is a beautiful monument that has over 1000 stained glass windows.  You go into the bottom and it looks like an old church but then you walk up the stairs and you are amazed by all the stained glass.  My mom got up the stairs and started very loudly gasping with how pretty it was.  So embarrassing and funny.  Many people did the same thing as they walked up the stairs, so it was entertaining.  It really was pretty and amazing that people so long ago took the time to make these amazing windows all in dedication to their God.
After that church we decided to see another.  Notre Dame Cathedral.  It was just a short walk to the cathedral and it was different then I thought it was going to be.  I guess I didn't really know how it was going to be, but it was different.  It wasn't as big as I thought it might be.  It did have some amazing statues with the gargoyles on the top of the building.
We waited in line to get into the cathedral.  It is a fully operating church still to this day so they had it all set up for people to light their candles and do whatever they do in a Catholic church.  We did go and look around for a little bit and then sat down and just enjoyed the building.  So pretty and yet totally different from the Sainte-Chapelle.
While we were waiting in line they checked everyone's bags and would not let anyone in if they were wearing spaghetti straps tank tops or if their shorts were too short.  I thought that was a good thing for going into a church.  I did feel a little bad for those that didn't realize the rules and then couldn't go in.
We wanted to see about going up into the bell tower but found that the line was outside and quite long.  We were way too hot to stand in that line.
So off to our next stop, a Museum.  I don't remember what it was called but it was a neat museum.  We got on the Hop on Hop off bus and that allowed us to see some sites of the city before getting us to our museum.
We were all pretty hungry and had heard that they had a restaurant in the museum so that is where we went first.
They were pretty busy and not wanting to wait too long we decided to split up so we could get a table sooner.  Connie and I ate together and both had the quiche.  It was actually very good.  The servers were all very snoody and not very nice.  Connie had seen this dessert that she thought looked so good.  She really wanted it so she ordered it.  She read that it was rum cake but still thought it would be good.  It was not.  She said it was terrible.  I did not taste it.  She couldn't even eat it.  It was super sad (and kind of funny) because she had wanted it so badly.
After eating we enjoyed walking around the museum.  We walked around for a few hours before calling it quits and heading back to the Hop on Hop off bus to got to the Eiffel Tower.