For some reason I woke up fairly early, so I went with it. Doesn’t mean the jet lag is over, but the sooner I can get on schedule the better. Started out by heading for a coffee at Early Bird, an excellent coffee shop in the covered market part of the Marche D’Aligre. Everything was very quiet as today is a national holiday, but luckily things picked up to near normal later in the day. After coffee, headed to NoGlu the GF bakery that does some tasty mini croissants and is only a 10 minute walk from the Marche D’Aligre. From there a nice long stroll back to the hotel via the Pl Bastille. After that, headed out to see the progress on Notre Dame, and progress there was. The Flèche or arrow or steeple has been rebuilt. Nothing is yet open to the public but it is pretty clear that major progress has happened. After a stroll around, took the bus to Rue Mouffetard and found some risotto for lunch at one of the cafes at the bottom. Then it was back to the hotel for a brief nap before heading to the Haute Marais for a walk. Seemed like there were demonstrations going on at Pl de la Republics and many many police. After regrouping, it was down the street to the Bistro Louis Philippe for some foie gras and a burger.