After the Louvre, I wandered towards the Pompidou, another museum that isn’t very far from the Louvre (when taking the Metro). The Louvre was interesting, but my own preferences are on periods or styles other than antiquities and Renaissance works.
The line at the Pompidou was insanely long, longer than for the Louvre(!), and it was already after 3pm. Instead of standing in a quarter-mile-line, I walked around the corner through into a free music presentation in a nearby church, Eglise Saint Merry. A pianist, Trin Thi Nan, played a number of pieces inside the very old and very beautiful church. I tried to imagine how many people had played in the church over the centuries but the thought was a bit too much to grasp.
Finally, I also saw Église St-Eustache. It was essentially a monument, with the interior being mostly empty. It had wonderful flying buttresses, amazing stone work, and soaring vaulted ceilings that made it an impressive building to walk through.
As I walked, there were many little squares that were beautiful. The river, too, was wonderful and I made it to the bridge that leads to Notre Dame, but didn’t cross because by that time the sun was setting and it was getting chilly. That was about the end of my day and I walked north and had dinner at Le Colimacon, a short distance from the Archives Nationales.
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