Paris 2002 Page 2
		Our anniversary trip to Paris, continued.
							A back view of Notre Dame from the boat.
		This is the side of the cathedral of Notre Dame as seen from the boat.  It has recently been cleaned and is looking fabulous!
							A random park along the Seine that I thought was pretty.  It reminded me of a place I went with one of my classes when I was studying there, and there was this weird modern sculpture which I thought looked like a phone but everyone said it looked like....oh, nevermind.  Flowers!  Pretty!
		Yep, you guessed it, Notre Dame from the back again, as seen from the boat.  What can I say, it's pretty.
							Napoleon's tomb.  Enormously huge but remarkably understated, particularly considering the insanely Baroque altar nearby and the size of Napoleon's ego.  The mosaic flooring is fantastic!  The building also contains a military museum full of WWII guns and such which Dave really liked.  Just don't get me started about the swastika cookie cutters.  That is just EVIL!!!  Er, yes, here is Napoleon's tomb.
		After checking into our hotel and having a lovely lunch at a local cafe, we headed over to l'Hotel des Invalides.  Now, who remembers what is there, from page one?  Anyway, here's my cute husband doing his best Napoleon impression.  I think the bottle of orange drink really adds to the effect.
							The front of the Rodin Museum...isn't it pretty?  And thus ended our first day, save for another fantastic meal near our teensy tinsy but clean and comfy hotel room.  There was this chocolate mousse that was just aauerrgllgghffssllllgh...*drool*
		The dome of l'Hotel des Invalides framed by the garden at the nearby Rodin museum where we stopped to pick up postcards for Dave's boss.  It was too late to tour the museum but at least I got to see the outside.  I love that house!  You Cleveland people, the blown-up Thinker statue in front of the museum is a Rodin, if you were wondering.