Traveling Outside and Within: Paris: A great city for breakfasts!

It must build strong bodies 12 ways, don't you think? A simple cafe latte (not ala Starbucks) and a miniature quiche lorraine! Oh, my goodness, how perfect is that!

And just for fun, this is the view out the front door--after going down two flights on the spiral staircase I showed you the other day, passing through a courtyard, then out a very, heavy door:

We're not in Kansas anymore, Toto!

We then walked through the Left Bank via the Sorbonne toward the Pantheon, which we'd planned to visit, but no! Something was going on! 2014 is the 100th anniversary of WWI and there are many speciall exhibits around the city, so we weren't too surprised. Just look at these:

This altogether(!) inappropriate fellow was standing on the sidewalk half a block away--

After learning that we would not be able to eat dinner until 10:00 tonight at a place we wanted to try, we gave up on a dinner reservation, we wandered through lovely, relaxing Luxembourg Gardens:

This lively statue honors Eugene Delacroix, a dramatic, romantic painter.

Cool statue, isn't it?

We had visited Boulevard St. Germain, so we visited the namesake Church of St. Germain des Pres, apparently the oldest church in Paris. Inside the church is painted, and though it is faded now, it was once quite bright and colorful. Here is one of the many statues:

Lots of sidewalk cafes in the area--

Now a culinary question: When you think of Paris, do you think of churros? You should now!

They were good, and it was fun.

We did a little shopping (very little!) in the pricey shops of the Left Bank, including the Bon Marche, which was founded as a small shop in 1838!

We ended our sight-seeing day at Musee d'Orsay, which has the Impressionists! Alas, no photos allowed, but you know who they are: Manet, Monet, Cezanne, Renoir, etc. Stunning work, it was a thrill to see it again, even with a crowd. Not all who attended were art fanciers though:

Funny, the one guy opened his eyes and gave me a look!