Scratch the Baltics… now going to Paris

[dolmansaxlil]

We had a complete change of heart and decided to avoid heat by trying travelling during my March Break rather than July. So we are going to Paris for 7 days in March. We haven’t been!

We already have our hotel booked on Rue Cler and have a pretty good itinerary sketched out. We love all art museums so that has our mornings pretty much locked in so we can do first entry to the Louvre, L’Orangerie, D’Orsay, and Musée Marmottan Monet. Hotel Des Invalides (Rob is ridiculously excited about the military museums there). We will do a food tour in Le Marais and in Montmartre for two evenings. Possibly an evening concert at Sainte Chappelle. At this point we are trying to eliminate what we won’t have time to see rather than looking for stuff to do! But I know many of you have been and I think maybe @jon-nyc lived there for a time so throw any great tips my way!

[jon-nyc]

Only two things come to mind for you to consider -

Musee de la Musique - it’s a little out of the way but lots of cool old instruments if you like that kind of thing

The Catacombs - really needs to be seen to be believed. Quite literally millions of bones and skeletons stacked and arranged in the most curious of ways. I think it’s over 6MM remains all transferred from overflowing cemeteries in the 18th and 19th centuries. There’s nothing else like it in the world to my knowledge. Lots of stairs to access it. Over 100.

If this were twenty years ago I’d give you restaurant recommendations… but I don’t dare now.

If it’s warm you might consider a boat tour on the Canal St Martin. Lots of history and architecture. And it’s not a big time commitment