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[quote=Anonymous]I think Notre Dame is pretty much mandatory Paris sight-seeing.  Right across the bridge in back of it is the Isle St. Louis, which is a very small and charming pedestrian-manageable neighborhood with lots of shops--cheese shop, wine shop, pastry shop, and a really great ice cream shop that I can never remember the name of.  
 
If you're in that neighborhood early in the day, you can hit the shops, assemble a picnic, eat it in the park behind Notre Dame, then see the cathedral and move on with your day.  If you're there late in the afternoon, you can see the cathedral, then stroll the nearby neighborhood for a restaurant for dinner.

A suggestion for both Westminster Abbey and Notre Dame: dress like you're going to church.  If you're there during a service, they won't let you in if you're dressed like a tourist, but they'll let you in to go to church.  If you're a Christian, or are open to attending Christian services, I think that's a great way to see the church, in use.  (The service we attended at Westminster was beautiful.  At Notre Dame, we could not get in, no matter our protestations of faith.  The guard looked at our backpacks and cameras, and there was no way at all.

Admittedly, "dress for church" is in tension with "picnic in the garden," but pick something that will make it work.  [/quote]

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