Personal To Do List for My Next Trips to Paris (alphabetical)

·        Arènes de Lutece (Roman arena on Left Bank)

·        Basilique Saint-Denis (historic cathedral outside of town)

·        Boat ride on the Seine (one hour version)

·        Centre Pompidou, Musée de lArt Moderne

·        Chatres Cathedral (looks like an easy day trip by rail)

·        Cimetière de Montparnasse (Brancusis Kiss)

·        Crypte Archéologique (under plaza at Notre Dame)

·        Fondation Le Corbusier (modern archtecture)

·        Galerie Royale (silverware collection)

·        Hôtel Lambert (Ile St.-Louis, exterior only)

·        Hôtel Libéral Bruand (keys, locks)

·        Jardin de Plantes (botanical garden)

·        Marché aux Fleurs et Oiseaux (flower and bird market on the Ile de la Cité)

·        Le Manufacture des Gobelins (Gobelin tapestry workshop still in operation)

·        Musée Eugène Delacroix (the artist´s home and studio)

·        Musée Cognacq-Jay (museum in Marais, 18^th-century furniture and art; building dates from 1500s)

·        Musée de la Monnaie (coins)

·        Musée de la Seita (pipes, tobacco)

·        Musée de Montmartre (finest home in Montmartre; tells history of this artists quarter)

·        Musée de l Opéra and Opéra de Paris Garnier (the epitome of Second Empire splendor)

·        Musée dArt Naïf Max Fourny (rotating collection of primitive art, set in former fabrics market structure)

·        Musée de Cristal de Baccarat (out of town)

·        Petit Palais, Musée de Beaux Arts de la Ville de Paris (collection of furniture and objects of art, as well as paintings, from different periods)

·        Placard dErik Satie (world´s smallest musuem, the composer´s studio)

·        Place du Tertre (prime Montmartre location)

·        Le Procope (oldest café; frequented by historical and literary figures)

·        Rue Cler (very upscale market street)

·        Rue Mouffetard (ancient street; open air markets)

·        La Samartaine (department store, art deco)

Personal List of Churches to Do for Next Trip

·        Chapelle du Martyre (Montmartre; martyrdom of St Denis)

·        *St-Etienne-du-Mont (Gothic and French Renaissance; remains of Sainte Geneviève and literary figures; Cardinal Lemoine area)

·        *St-Eustache (massive church near Les Halles; French Renaissance)

·        *St-Germain lAuxerrois (near Louvre; St Bartholomew´s Day Massacre)

·        *St-Germain-des-Prés (from 1050)

·        St-Julien-le-Pauvre (St Michel area; small, medieval, one of oldest in Paris; now orthodox)

·        St-Paul-St-Louis (Jesuit; Baroque; in Marais)

·        St-Séverin (Gothic; St. Michel area)