Trip one - phase two - Paris

I am going to Paris because it is there.

I have never been there, and I will be a couple of hours away by high-speed train, so why not go? I know absolutely nothing about the city as a city, so I pretty much threw a dart at a city map to pick a district for my base. I will be staying in the 9th district, Bastille, which is close to Montmartre and within walking distance from the Louvre and other must-see Paris icons.

Funny story. After I had booked my hotel stay in the 9th district, someone told me that I should only stay in districts 1 through 6. Too late. I am sure it will be fine. It looks okay on the Google street view.

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I have since learned that my hotel is a four-minute walk from the Opera Garnier (eat your heart out, AM) and four-point-five minutes from this grand shopping place, Les Galeries Lafayette. I am not a big shopper, but I have to check it out. Look at the architecture:

I am thinking that maybe I can pick up a couture outfit for Daisy

A timetable would not help me in Paris because I only have two days and, being me, I will have to spend time just sitting around and observing life in Paris.