Sunday December 7, 2008

Day two in Paris...Went to mass at the Cathedral Notre Dame, originally constructed on an island, the Ile de la Cite', in the 12th century. Notre Dame, was the first significant example of Gothic architecture, it's size and scope made possible by the development of the flying buttress. After mass we walked to some shops and then on to the Jewish quarter, an area of extremely old buildings, some hundreds of years, and small winding cobblestone streets, where we had falafel sandwiches at a wonderful, loud, and crowded cafe. Did some more shopping after lunch, then downtown to the Arc de Triomphe. Dinner at home prepared by our gourmet hostess Sue was salmon with a Greek yogurt and caper sauce, goat cheese salad, bread, fruit, wine and chocolate dessert. Swoon.....