A walk to Invalides

Today was a beautiful sunny day and our last in Paris. The walk is about three and a half miles and with lunch a total of ten, there and back..
Barbara had planned to meet friends for lunch so I went off by myself.
If you have never been to this museum, I strongly suggest visiting it. It follows the evolution of the tools of war from Roman time to now. The collection is huge. There is even a section where you can see what the have in storage which is more then what most museum's have on display.
Located in the buildings that were once a huge hospital for returning vets from war.
The walk along the Scene is quite beautiful and not as crowded as the weekend past. Its nice to have a details map to learn of the amazing buildings and the beautiful bridges along the way.
Here are the photographs:

Antony's Wine and Cheese Festival

Amazing! Simply Amazing!
Sorry Jody, Only French Cheeses but most of them you would love!
The money fly's out of your pocket when you see whats for sale and the prices.
Some of the best wines, and you can taste them. When you say you want to buy one, they look at you funny, like, "Kidding?".
Its Good. Really good. Everyone reading this would absolutely love it. The secret? Come early and get the heck out.
Three days, all packed. with people with hand trucks. FUN.
Here are the photos.

Dride Mushrooms of all types

Happy Customer Heading Home!

Notre-Dame

So here we are in Paris. Coming in from the train station was like nothing we had ever seen before. There are more people traveling the streets at one time. Every type of mobile device you could ever imagine!
There are 4 types of "Share" Ebikes. 3 types of scooters. Motorized skateboards. Single wheel and side by side hover boards. pedal bikes. Vespa and motorcycles, and of course cars and buses.
All taking the same space. It would be nuts to have rented a car.
There was even a time when there was a guy in a suit with a red bow tie running the middle of the street because the sidewalk was full. It was like being in a dream or the center ring of a 3 ring circus. Our driver was cut off at least 100 times between the train station and our hotel.
Well we are here, in one piece with all our stuff. That's all that can be expected, in a good way!

That being said, The first thing I wanted to do after breakfast in the hotel, wich is very good, was to go to Notre-Dame, see how the building had fared and what was going on to repair it. Five more years of rebuild is what I heard. Here are the photos.

The plaza in front is completely closed off beyond the side walk with a wall that if you could get onto the side walk, you could peek through. Not worth photographing.