Notre Dame

We started the day as good tourists, with a trip to Notre Dame.

Of course, Notre Dame is famous for its magnificent stained glass windows. For some reason, this is the window that caught Jon's eye:

The cathedral is equally famous for its gargoyles, which were originally created as rainspouts to help with water runoff. They are all over the building, and some are pretty freaky looking. However, we happened to overhear a tour guide who pointed out the most famous gargoyle of all, squatting alone on the side of the church, so infamous that stories, books, musicals and even a Disney movie have been made about him.

Yes, that's Quasimodo. Pretty cool, n'est-ce pas? You can climb to the top of the cathedral and walk among the bells and the bigger gargoyles, but it's 400 steps up and my feet refused. So we went down into the crypts instead, to see the Gaul and  Roman ruins. But that's for tomorrow's blog. Bonne nuit!