Mon, Sep 7, Paris: We decided to go see Invalides
today. So after breakfast at our hotel we headed out to catch the RER train.
Got on the train going in the wrong direction, so got off and then found the
platform for the train going in the right direction. Got off at the Invalides
station and walked up the Esplanade des Invalides to the main gate. I thought
this used to be a palace, but it was always a hospital for wounded soldiers.
Pretty fancy, I’d say. Napoleon I is entombed under the golden dome. It is now
a war museum. Mike got all excited when he heard that. Had lunch here at the café,
which was very good. After lunch we headed to one more exhibit and then back to
our train under leaden skies. We were shortly back to Saint Michael Notre Dame
and our hotel. Headed to the downstairs bar and enjoyed a glass of wine. Partly
cloudy today and probably low 70s.
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| Hotel national des Invalides. Founded in 1670 by Louis XIV to house disabled soldiers and veterans. It is now the Musee de l'Armee. |
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| Front gate. |
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| Mike striking a pose on one of the canons. |
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| The armor exhibit. |
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| I don't know how they could move in all this armor--especially the horse! |
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| They call this the soldier's church. |
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| This they call the royal church. |
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| Beautiful dome! |
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| Napoleon I tomb under the golden dome. |
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| One of the windows. |
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| Check out the floor in this place. |
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| Napoleon I tomb from the lower level. |
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| The double decker RER train. |
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| The little outside bar downstairs off the lobby. |
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| Moi in the downstairs bar enjoying a glass of wine. Salut! |
