Notre Dame

We were keen to see Notre Dame.  After the devastating fire in 2018, it had been rebuilt.  The opening was just a few months earlier.

But getting tickets had to be via a website/app.  They were only available for the next few days, and were usually "epuisse" - sold out.  But sometimes spots became available at the last minute.

We were having lunch at Saint Denis (the suburb) when our app showed tickets were available if we got there by 3pm.  We could, so quickly put our name down for 3 tickets.  When we got there, we just walked straight in.

It was so crowded inside.  Still, good to see, but hard to get an impression of the scale of it all.  We had a much better idea at Saint Denis!

However, some pics....

Inside....

This is the cock that was atop the original spire.  It was thought lost, but found again in the rubble.  Google the rooster of notre dame for more!

Soaring spaces!  Th beauty of gothic architecture.

And a Metro snippet....  literally, "I mount with, I descend with.." 

Later in our trip, we found that baggage "abandonee" plays havoc with rail services.  They stop everything and check it out.