Thursday, today, we decided to have a "kid's choice" day.
Emily chose shopping and Sarah wanted a boat ride down the Seine.
We started out at 1pm (after our usual breakfast in the apt. Deb went out in the AM to fetch goodies and came back with far too many cherries due to her lack of skill with French numbers) and took the Metro to Chatelet. A very big changer if you remember. This let us out on r. Rivoli. We went in some stores, did some window shopping....Em and Deb both bought a few things. Em bought a cute purse and some lip gloss (!). Em also bought a cute little sock for her cell phone.
Our plan was to walk to the Marais and go to the Musee Picasso....but we decided to have a picnic first in the Place des Voges. Picnic was picked up at a little bakery place: sandwich, pizzas, quiche. We walked to the Place des Voges, window shopping along the way. Saw some religious Jews and a synagogue. We found a bench and had a great picnic. We even had forks for our quiche.
The girls voted against a Musee, so we made our way across the Seine (stopping ever so briefly on the Ile Ste. Louis for some Bertillion glace (noix de coco: M; chocolate: S; poire: D; mangue: E---but you probably could have guessed the pairings!)
We found the boat docking and had 45 minutes to wait for the next one. We chilled out in a near by park (just next to Shakespeare and Co...) and then boarded the boat. We sat on top. The sky was dark with rain, but no rain yet. Nice and warm (low 70's). The one hour trip was great. Went under all the bridges and got great view of Notre Dame, Tour Eiffel, Louvre etc from the Seine). Now it's 6:30, everyone is tired and we walk home via shops for dinner. It's almost a redux of last night (left over chicken, some new cheeses, breads and pizza from Kayser Boulonger). We are having tarts again for dessert. Surprise, surprise. We love our smoke free apartment for dinner!!!
About 20 minutes after getting back to our apartment the sky opens up and delivers the most amazing thunderstorm...lightening and thunder and pouring rain. Just in time.
Tomorrow we are thinking Versaille and on Sat night we are having dinner with our friends who are here for the year.
The girls are saying a few words in French...and have invented an entire new game to play.
More later!
Emily chose shopping and Sarah wanted a boat ride down the Seine.
We started out at 1pm (after our usual breakfast in the apt. Deb went out in the AM to fetch goodies and came back with far too many cherries due to her lack of skill with French numbers) and took the Metro to Chatelet. A very big changer if you remember. This let us out on r. Rivoli. We went in some stores, did some window shopping....Em and Deb both bought a few things. Em bought a cute purse and some lip gloss (!). Em also bought a cute little sock for her cell phone.
Our plan was to walk to the Marais and go to the Musee Picasso....but we decided to have a picnic first in the Place des Voges. Picnic was picked up at a little bakery place: sandwich, pizzas, quiche. We walked to the Place des Voges, window shopping along the way. Saw some religious Jews and a synagogue. We found a bench and had a great picnic. We even had forks for our quiche.
The girls voted against a Musee, so we made our way across the Seine (stopping ever so briefly on the Ile Ste. Louis for some Bertillion glace (noix de coco: M; chocolate: S; poire: D; mangue: E---but you probably could have guessed the pairings!)
We found the boat docking and had 45 minutes to wait for the next one. We chilled out in a near by park (just next to Shakespeare and Co...) and then boarded the boat. We sat on top. The sky was dark with rain, but no rain yet. Nice and warm (low 70's). The one hour trip was great. Went under all the bridges and got great view of Notre Dame, Tour Eiffel, Louvre etc from the Seine). Now it's 6:30, everyone is tired and we walk home via shops for dinner. It's almost a redux of last night (left over chicken, some new cheeses, breads and pizza from Kayser Boulonger). We are having tarts again for dessert. Surprise, surprise. We love our smoke free apartment for dinner!!!
About 20 minutes after getting back to our apartment the sky opens up and delivers the most amazing thunderstorm...lightening and thunder and pouring rain. Just in time.
Tomorrow we are thinking Versaille and on Sat night we are having dinner with our friends who are here for the year.
The girls are saying a few words in French...and have invented an entire new game to play.
More later!
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