St. Michael telling Satan, "And stay down, bitch."
Saint Laurent of Paris, where we celebrated Easter

It's a long climb to get to Sacre Coeur Basilica,  where people 
(including this "living statue") hang out on the steps on Sunday afternoons

On those Sundays, there are performers and street vendors, and it's a fun, festive
atmosphere (though it is very crowded, and the steps are pretty steep)

Sacre Coeur sits atop the highest hill in Paris, and the views are very pretty

Sainte-Chapelle is your typical Gothic cathedral from the outside, but inside...

...you can better see the towering stained glass windows depicting over a thousand Biblical scenes
--and each one is different

Just like with our visit to Versailles, these few photos don't do the interior
of Sainte-Chapelle proper justice in showing you how pretty it is 

It's the upper chapel of Sainte-Chapelle that has most of the gorgeous
artwork. You descend from there down a narrow, twisting staircase...

...past these gargoyles (the one on the left, with the tilted head, reminds 
me of our cat, Gandalf; the one on the right looks like our dog Tiki)...

...and out to the Palais de Justice, which isn't a religious site, but is right next to Sainte-Chapelle... 

...then down the street to Notre Dame.

Yes, there really is a hunchback at Notre Dame: see?

Sainte-Chapelle is not much to look at on the outside, but it's beautiful inside;
Notre Dame is the opposite: the outside is the really striking part. Look at these doors.

Here's the inside. Not ugly, but not as pretty as Sainte-Chapelle

As you can see, it's kind of dark inside Notre Dame, but there are icons, statues, and sarcophagi of bishops

Next up, boating on the Seine!

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