It was a warmer day to day, and in the interests of staying away from the queues that are hours long we searched out another of Paris’ more obscure sights – the Incorruptible Nun. In a beautiful little convent and church is the body of Saint Catherine Laboure who died in 1876 and in 1933 her body was discovered still intact like the day she died and today it is still the same. We have a postcard with her picture on it, but Mass was underway when we went in so we couldn’t get close, although they also have the body of the nun who founded the convent on display as well. She is displayed in the gold case on the left of the photo. Saint Catherine is displayed beneath the statue of Mary on the right. It was an extraordinarily beautiful little church and a serene setting in the middle of a busy and very upmarket area. We went across the road afterward to Bon Marche which is Paris’ oldest department store and very beautiful with all the expensive designer brands.
A trip to Les Halles Forum which is an underground shopping centre followed – amazing! Apparently this is also hated by Parisens – they don’t do the ‘mall thing’ – I imagine it’s probably too tacky – but the shopping was great!
We have used the underground to get around Paris and thought it prudent to get a Metro sorted before we get to our next destination which is a much bigger city.
I am sad to leave Paris, it’s very, very lovely and so are the French – all those who told us we would love it were right! Anyway, it’s off out for our last evening in Paris, the evenings have been lovely – light and with a spring feeling in the air – and then packing up for London tomorrow. On the upside it will be for the first time in a month that we will be in an English-speaking country. The language thing has been okay really but all our communication has been at a very basic level and Chris is busting to get a newspaper to read in English!
Goodbye Paris!
Hi Chris,Linda,Jordan and Liam
ReplyDeleteLooks like you are having a great time and it is neat to be able to follow your trip on this blog. Your so organised Linda!. Di, Vannie and Wils are on their cruise which left a day late due to bad weather. Enjoy the rest of your holiday. Vince and Izaak
Chris, fishing last weekend at Motuora was damn good. Reminded me of Easter a few years back in the Coro with work-ups everywhere and snapp's lurking underneath in the shallows. First fish caught in 3 metres of water about 50 metres from the beach. There's no shortage of good fishing at the moment, the weather is amazing still, drought conditions in fact, but who's complaining, it'll be a long winter! Enjoy the UK.
ReplyDeleteHi Vince, does the cruise then extend a day longer at the end? If you talk to Di, make sure she get the kids to use hand sanitiser and not to drink the ships tap water - it seems like bugs become rife on those floating bug palaces! I'm sure they'll have a great time...Hope you guys are surviving baching it!
ReplyDeleteHi Ian, Chris is very jealous about the fishing - the guy wants it all huh? We'll be home in a week and a half so hopefully the fishing will still be on!
Hi Royal family
ReplyDeleteJust catching up with all your holiday fun and photos.. Amazing! Have had to come back fro a second day to keep reading! Marvbelous time at Easter with McLeans and still the sun shines. swimming and Bikinis at Omaha also. Just starting to get a little chilly now so hope you guys manage to find some sun and warmth in UK before you head back under. Looking forward to seeing on your return. Enjoy the rest of your hols. Janet.
Hi Janet, yep sounds like an amazing Easter! And maybe an oxymoron catching some sun in the UK! Anyway, the sun is shining here and it's pretty pleasant. See you in a week and a half! L X
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