Beautiful day today so we headed to the Luxembourg Gardens which is only a few blocks from our hotel.
The tulips were in full bloom.
Sydney and I were trying so hard to get photos of the pollarded apple trees.
Finally one of the gardeners spotted us and let us inside!!!
Naturalized narcissus with dappled light
After about a thousand photos, we walked over to Les Deux Magot for lunch and so I could take some waiter photos. Sydney and Jackie decided to go shopping and I headed over to Saint-Sulpice.
This Roman Catholic church was used in the film "The Da Vinci Code" with Tom Hanks.
The building was founded in 1646 and in 1727 a gnomon was added.
A meridian line of brass was inlaid across the floor and ascending a white marble obelisk.
In the south transept window a small opening with a lens was set up, so that a ray of sunlight shines onto the brass line. At noon on the winter solstice (21 December), the ray of light touches the brass line on the obelisk. At noon on the equinoxes (21 March and 21 September), the ray touches an oval plate of copper in the floor near the altar.
The great organ from 1862.
I returned to our hotel to rest my tired feet. Words of advice - Never travel with new shoes. Always bring comfortable shoes at the risk of not being stylish.
Mr. B had to ship my shoes to me. Lesson learned!
That night for dinner we went to one of our favorite spots....Le Recamier.
It has the best souffle's in Paris - both savory and sweet.
For my dessert I had the Grand Marnier souffle. Tres Bon!
You probably noticed that it comes with a full bottle of Grand Marnier for you to pour over the top of your souffle according to your taste. Well.....since the last time we dined here, they have put a teeny-tiny spout on top so it just drizzles out ever so slowly. I guess someone (insert wink here) may have taken advantage of that lovely bottle!
"The only thing that will make a souffle fall
is if it knows you are afraid of it."
--James Beard
