-We slept in (trying to stay on that schedule), then walked down the street for un sandwich du jambon- a ham sandwich. We've already had about 10 of these since we've been here. Some are better than others. You have to be really specific about what you want on it, otherwise you get ham and butter.
-We started on my list of places to go and things to see. First was the Louvre. This is the outside.
-We started on my list of places to go and things to see. First was the Louvre. This is the outside.
This was a view from inside looking out.
They have the Mona Lisa (sorry no flash photography allowed)
and Venus de Milo 
at this museum, along with lots of other sculptures, paintings, artifacts, etc. It would be easy to get lost here, except they have "sortie" (exit) signs everywhere you turn. This is a dessert we ate at the "mall" connected to the Louvre. Jay fell asleep while I ate some of it. It didn't taste like it looks...
-After the Louvre, we walked outside (it's cold here this time of year), and followed the Seine (river)
for a few blocks, then crossed over at Pont Neuf. We walked along the Seine for several miles (I'm going to figure out exactly how many miles it was) and got our first view of the Eiffel Tower.
We stopped at several attractions along the way, including l'hotel des Invalides, Musee de l'armee 
and Centre de Paris. We saw from a distance several others, but didn't want to stop, or walk over to them. Notre Dame Cathedral was one of those.
-They have boat tours on the Seine, but it was too cold.
-We took a few side streets to get to our final destination of that long walk, and stopped for a ham sandwich and some kind of apricot custard pastry/pie. We carried the pie with us
and sat on a bench in the shadow of la Tour Eiffel 
and had our dessert.
-We got tickets for the elevator ride up, and we went all the way up. At level 2 you have to get off the elevator and transfer to another elevator to go to the top. Level 2 made me nervous, but the top was nothing because it's all enclosed. No wind, no scary ledges.
-We got to the bottom, and those little peddlers work hard. No matter how many languages you say it in, they still stare at you when you say you have 8 children. We tried English, Spanish and twice in French before the guy understood we needed 8 for our children.
-We (I) couldn't walk anymore, so we found a metro stop and after 2 train changes we made it back to the hotel.
-We cleaned up then asked the concierge for a good restaurant. She sent us to Julien. It was okay.
-Jay had onion soup and I got a salad with cheese for our starter. The cheese smelled and tasted like stinky feet. I'm told good cheeses do. I'll stick with provolone, thank you. I had chicken served with a row of long hollow noodles with melted cheese on top,
and Jay tried to find beef. 
It was called a beef filetto, but neither of us is conviced it was actually beef. His pan fried potatoes were good, along with the asparagus and green beans.
and Venus de Milo at this museum, along with lots of other sculptures, paintings, artifacts, etc. It would be easy to get lost here, except they have "sortie" (exit) signs everywhere you turn. This is a dessert we ate at the "mall" connected to the Louvre. Jay fell asleep while I ate some of it. It didn't taste like it looks...-After the Louvre, we walked outside (it's cold here this time of year), and followed the Seine (river)
for a few blocks, then crossed over at Pont Neuf. We walked along the Seine for several miles (I'm going to figure out exactly how many miles it was) and got our first view of the Eiffel Tower. We stopped at several attractions along the way, including l'hotel des Invalides, Musee de l'armee and Centre de Paris. We saw from a distance several others, but didn't want to stop, or walk over to them. Notre Dame Cathedral was one of those.-They have boat tours on the Seine, but it was too cold.
-We took a few side streets to get to our final destination of that long walk, and stopped for a ham sandwich and some kind of apricot custard pastry/pie. We carried the pie with us
and sat on a bench in the shadow of la Tour Eiffel and had our dessert.-We got tickets for the elevator ride up, and we went all the way up. At level 2 you have to get off the elevator and transfer to another elevator to go to the top. Level 2 made me nervous, but the top was nothing because it's all enclosed. No wind, no scary ledges.
-We got to the bottom, and those little peddlers work hard. No matter how many languages you say it in, they still stare at you when you say you have 8 children. We tried English, Spanish and twice in French before the guy understood we needed 8 for our children.
-We (I) couldn't walk anymore, so we found a metro stop and after 2 train changes we made it back to the hotel.
-We cleaned up then asked the concierge for a good restaurant. She sent us to Julien. It was okay.
-Jay had onion soup and I got a salad with cheese for our starter. The cheese smelled and tasted like stinky feet. I'm told good cheeses do. I'll stick with provolone, thank you. I had chicken served with a row of long hollow noodles with melted cheese on top,
and Jay tried to find beef. It was called a beef filetto, but neither of us is conviced it was actually beef. His pan fried potatoes were good, along with the asparagus and green beans.
1 comment:
so was your dessert better or worse than it looks? looks good to me! the louvre looks so "da vinci code!" it all looks amazing. did you have nonstop goosebumps from how awesome it all was?
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