Still Touristing in Paris

We have been so lucky with the weather. No rain so far (knock on wood) and mostly blue skies. Me and my aunt Janet standing in the middle of traffic in front of the Arc de Triomphe.

Morey:

Good thing there wasn't much traffic or we might have been taken out. We were actually at a stopping point between the lanes of traffic - French streets are often crossed in stages.

Morey's photo of the spiral staircase at the Arc. I have to say it was the best staircase we took (there's a center to look down and it's wider than those in the Sacre Couer, Catacombs, or Notre Dame, and only 266 steps compared to Notre Dame's 400-some).

Next stop, the Eiffel Tower. A photo taken very strategically to hide the enormous rugby ball-shaped air balloon and the wide screen tv showing rugby highlites.

The other side of the tower, with the rugby air balloon in the middle of the tower and the giant rugby balloon at the bottom celebrating (advertising?) the World Rugby Cup in New Zealand in 2012.

Janet and Morey:

We then trooped over to Napoleon's Tomb and then the Rodin Museum. It was a looong day.

Yesterday Morey and I took the metro (all back to normal, woohoo) to the Centre Pompidou, the modern art museum. We were too early so we wandered around a bit. My favorite bit of art in the nearby fountain, a skull very appropriate for Halloween.

Nearby St Merri's had some great gargoyles. These are my uncle's photos. I love his camera with the 12x zoom.

Oh no!
Middle Age's Mick Jagger:

We did go into the Pompidou and then Morey went wandering on by himself to take photos of buildings and churches. Meanwhile I went with Janet and my sweetie to the Museum of the Middle Ages, aka the Cluny.

These objects are Halloweeny to me, although they were deadly serious back when created. A stained glass window originally in St Chapelle's:

And part of a tapestry. I don't know why these demons were trying to capsize the boat:

Anyway, that's the quick overview. My bad knee is really acting up after all this walking and climbing so I'm taking the morning off to rest and my sweetie to cook, which he really enjoys when he has the time. Janet and Morey are off to the Orsay Museum and then hopefully back home to regain their strength for our outing tonight to see the Eiffel Tower lit up at night.