Italian designers and Marie Antoinette

We took the train into Paris today again (Lotta and I) to visit a new shop on the very fashionable street Rue Fauborg Saint Honore.  Think Gucci, Channel, D&G......  The shop was Roberto Cavalli which Lotta had read about in a magazine.  The clothes were bright, garish and with generous amounts of gold and silver.  Not my style really even if I did want to pay the scary prices!  Interesting to see though, and the lift was very cute with silver sofas and tv´s showing fashion shows. 

 

Then we had a coffee at the famous Parisien cafe La Duree.  Very poor service (typical Paris) but the place is lovely.

We walked along the Seine towards Ille de la Cite (the island with Notre Dame on it) passing by several pet shops that we just had to peek into.  Soooo many puppies and kittens in tiny cages, it was quite sad to see.

We then visited la Conciergier which was a prison and was used during the Revolution.  There was a reconstruction of Marie Antoinettes cell.  Not so much to see apart from that but the hall on the lower ground floor is the oldest Medieval hall in Europe (from 14th century).