One day I walked over to the beautiful old flower market to buy some flowers. Since it was nearby, I also checked out the line for Sainte-Chapelle; even passed through their security with my flowers, and saw how long the line was to buy a ticket. So I headed home, and found that I could buy a skip-the-line ticket online. I made a great cheese, tomato and lettuce sandwich on a sourdough olive baguette for a quick lunch and went back over to Saint-Chapelle. (Secret: go late in the day, with the afternoon sun shining in the windows.) It was breath-taking to sit or stand there immersed in all that sparkling jewel-like color. I stayed nearly 2 hours. And yes, I got to skip a long line and go right in…! For no extra money!