Day six at Saint-Sulpice

We kicked off Boxing Day with a visit to Saint-Sulpice, home to a gigantic organ and its keeper, Daniel Roth. We listened to the Sunday post-mass recital then got to climb upstairs to see the organ and meet Daniel.

The organ at Saint-Sulpice

Seth meeting the organistThe bellows

This was followed by a visit to the stunning Sainte-Chapelle, a smallish Gothic chapel around the corner from Notre-Dame, made with walls of stained glass. Gaudy but admittedly drop-dead dazzling.

All the cafes have outdoor seating with the chairs pointing directly to the streets. The ultimate people watching.

Sainte-Chapelle, a wonderland of stained glass

Since it was too cold to picnic, lunch was at our favourite spot: the food court of the underground Carrousel at the Louvre.

The rest of the day was pretty much taken up by a visit to the Orsay Museum--fantastic, despite being disorganized in its renovations and missing some of my favorite pieces.