We had an
interesting view of Paris this morning as we walked around trying to find the
church. We saw quite a few homeless
people just sitting around. We haven’t
seen many of them until this morning.
Then we saw the police escorting a man (I’m assuming he was a tourist)
who looked like he had just woken up and was still really out of it. He had no pants on. They were ripped and he was holding them around
his waist trying to conceal his lower half.
Thankfully, he was doing a pretty good job. One of the policemen was
holding his jacket, which had a wet ring in the middle. There are the facts of what we saw. You can fill in the details of your own
accord about how this man got into this situation.
We did find the
church although we were a few minutes late.
It was a sweet little branch. I love going to church in new
places. It is a testimony to me that this is the Lord's church. As
we walked in they were singing the opening hymn "Come Follow Me" and
even though I didn't understand the words I knew the song and knew what they
were singing about and so it didn't matter what the language actually was.
There is a universal language of the Spirit that we all speak.
There are
actually enough English speakers that attend that ward that they have
translation equipment available, I just guessed my way through Sacrament
Meeting and Sunday School but then had the translation for Relief Society.
That was very helpful.
After church we
went into the Pompidou Centre, which is the modern art museum. Neither of
us are particularly fond of modern art, but we did see some original Picasso
paintings. The architecture of the museum is actually pretty cool and
there is a great view of Paris from the top floors of the museum.
We also went to
the Sainte-Chapelle which is a gothic cathedral built in the 11th or 12th
century. Of all the cathedrals I have been inside of I think this one is
my favorite. It is smaller but quite breath taking. It is famous
for it's stained glass windows. They tell the story of the world from
Genesis to the Resurrection of Christ. If you are in Paris I highly
recommend it.
It was raining today and I decided that I don't like carrying around umbrellas so I just took my rain jacket and I wore my tennis shoes because I don't have any good walking shoes that can also be dress shoes - comfort won out over vanity...
But then I looked at Angela with her umbrella and sandals and thought maybe I should pay more attention to the voice of vanity and find some happy medium...like Angela...
We came home early and have had a quiet evening in our hotel. We had another picnic on our bed.
We found a really yummy fromage (cheese) at the grocery store down the street. It is our favorite.
Say Cheese...
Tomorrow we leave Paris and go
south to the Provence area. Tuesday we start our bike tour. I have
no idea what our internet situation will be like this week, but never fear, I
will eventually get it all posted.
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