DAY 3 
NOTRE DAME

The first stop on the third day was the Place de la Bastille. It was in this place that the French Revolution kicked off in July 17, 1789. There isn't anything historic left here. Just this column commemorating two later revolutions.
Some bateaux.
I didn't get a chance to take a picture of one of these things when in Germany where there were more of them, but I saw a few in Paris. They are Smart Cars. Seriously, people drive these things. It could fit in my bathroom.
The Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal. I don't know what it is other than a library. It's probably pretty old and hold a lot of important historical things.
A narrow street on the Île Saint Louis, one of the two islands in the Seine.
I got a chocolate éclair at this pastry shop. Mmm! Simple transactions like this are easy to do in French. Just a "bon jour" and "merci" pretty much does the trick.
On the Île de la Cité stands the Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris. (Hunchback not included.)
The Square Jean XXIII behind the cathedral.
There was a film crew on the grounds.
The side of the building. We'll see the stained glass from the inside in a bit.
A statue of Charlemagne.
A view from the back of the hall.
In addition to being a huge tourist attraction, it is a working cathedral. Here is one of the confessionals and a lot of those little candles they light at Catholic churches.
A stained glass window in the Chapel of St. Anne.
A statue of Jeanne d'Arc.
Along the walls of the choir cloister are carvings depicting scenes from the Christian gospel. This one has something to do with Easter.
The north rose window. The rose windows were built in the 1250's.
The south rose window. The south window was damaged in a fire in 1831 but was repaired with pieces of glass that date back to the original construction.
The Pietà and a big old golden cross.
Construction began in 1163 and was finally completed almost two hundred years later. They had a little model showing what it would have looked like way back then.
I forget whose chapel this is, but there's a window open.
The western rose window (over the entrance) and the pipes of the organ.

TO CHAMPS ÉLYSÉES