et encore auvoir de Paris

and again goodbye to Paris...which also means hello to London in a few hours. I am sitting in the lobby of our hotel, where no conciefge seems to know how to load up photos on their system so I will add the snaps in later.
We have had a very busy last three days. Tuesday was a visit around the Ile De La Cite - the original part of Paris as the island offered good defences.It was quite cold that day and we spent some pleasant time in a heated flower market. The Palais Royal was part of that walk and included stunning shops such as Jean Paul Gaultier and Stella MacCartney ( hand on VISA card - no problem. John was a astonished to see a pair of shoes at 850 euros! There is also a very "royal" Metro with glass making up a good part of its decoration.
The focus of Wednesday was a visit to Pere Lachaise, a cemetery of 105 acres (do not worry our demise is not yet at hand, as far as we know!). Many of you will know that many famous people are buried there - including Jim Morrison of the Doors, for some reason.Getting to that side of Paris took us to a very different part of the city.It was very multi-ethnic, Africans, Eastern European and Muslims of all colours and shapes.It was also quite cool that day but it did not stop people coming to Jim's grave - which was in a very hidden place,though he is on the map if you ever get this way.A tree nearby has names carved into it and "show me the way to the next whiskey bar" painted on it too.
Returning into Paris we spen some time at the Louvre as it had a late opening that day. I would hate to come here on a really busy day. We saw a lot and got a case of museum fatigue, but not before seeing some wonderful art works and contributing to the economy in the museum shop.

Thursday we spent getting to the Viaduc des Arts - another walk from the box. The focus was this collection of artists working in their shop.Now I am going to stop here as a man has come to paint the ceiling and things are getting a little close. Talk to you soon.