Paris – part 3

Still on Notre Dame.

Look: LINE! (Queue)

To enter Notre Dame of Paris means to stand in a line. However, don’t be anxious. As you can see from the pictures, there are usually two lines in front of the church. The left one (in the picture) is to enter the church. The line is usually longer than the other one but move at a speed 10 times faster. Go, wait in the line, and from the speed it moves you even wonder why there is a line to start with.

The other one leads to where I took the picture, the top of the church. This however is every tourist nightmare. Count approximately one hour – if not more. The strategy for those travelling with partners is of course to go into the church alternately while the other one is waiting in the line. Going to the church top (tower) costs you some money. If you are smart, you buy a Paris Card (for one day or more) that includes this attraction.

From the tower you have view of Paris and tired tourists in the line. It might not be as spectacular as the view from Eiffel but given the height you sure see much details. Having view from the top is not the only purpose of waiting in line for hours for the tower, don’t miss the gargoyles. Take your time when you are on top since it is basically a one way trip due to the narrow nature of the walkway. Just don’t tell anybody that I told you to take your time – there is a limit of how many people allowed on the tower at any given time. So, the longer you are up there, the longer the people down there stand in the line.