Viva La France
After the insane past two days, we slept great all through the night. We got a little later start than normal because our first stop was Saint Chapelle and it doesn't open until 9am. I got up at around 7:30am and did most of the blog post from the day before. Eventually, Lacey woke up too and we left the apartment at around 8:30am. We went to a patisserie just a few minutes from our place and got our first PASTRIES! YES! These were the things both of us were probably looking forward to most food-wise. I got a pain au chocolat and Lacey got a croissant. Both were so so so good. We made our way to the subway and took it a few stops to the same area we started in yesterday (like in the middle by the mall). Our first stop was Saint Chapelle. It's a church very close to Notre Dame built around 1200 AD. It's most famous for its huge stained glass windows. The bottom level is only about 10 feet tall and unassuming. Then you climb a small spiral staircase and it explodes open ...