After a late start we wandered our way up to Montmartre, just a walk from where we are staying. We climbed up the dome and got accosted by the street Nigerians on the way down the steps. I objected to one trying to grab my wrist and told him to F off. They didn't like that - I didn't apologize!
We brought filled baguettes for lunch (yummm) which we had at home. After a nap while the thunder and lightening passed, we headed for Orsay, the art gallery with the impressionist collection. It is advertised to close at 9 on Thursday, but was closing at 6 today because of some music thing. It was a bit of a quick wiz around Monet, Renoir and the rest.
Then a rather nice dinner at a restaurant up the road from where we are staying. Followed by a wander of the streets listening to street bands. There seems to be one per block, playing everything from jazz to rock to a drum group of about 30. Finally we got back in time to see the light show on the Eiffel tower from our window.
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