Emily, Alice and I had a lovely day that didn't involve any guns, but a lot of walking. It was a miserable day for weather - really windy and raining hard in squalls, but we braved it by starting at Saint Chappelle - originally the royal chapel, built by St Louis to house the relics of the Passion of Christ. It was a stunningly beautiful chapel - stained glass walls around the perimeter of the building. It was so beautiful that after Emily had taken a lot of photos she started looking at the gift shop items and I asked her if we could shop at the end. She looked really confused as she hadn't realised that we'd only looked at the lower level of the chapel - where the royal staff were allowed to worship, and we hadn't been to the actual chapel yet (only used by kings, cardinals and close family)!!
Next stop was taking Pont Des Arts over the Seine - a romantic bridge of Paris, covered in "love padlocks". The idea is that couples in love place a lock with their names on (many are engraved with names and dates) and they then throw the keys into the river as a sign of their everlasting love. A couple of days ago we saw a bride and groom placing their padlock and throwing the keys (though they weren't Parisian, but had definite British accents!). It wasn't completely romantic today as it was so wet and cold, but we took photos anyway!
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