Sunday, June 22nd: We wake up moderately early (some of us) and I meet El at her hotel to pick up breakfast. Turns out she has already had a cafe at a nearby cafe! We bring breads back to the apt for breakfast. Bop and Gok taxi over to the apt after their breakfast and we decide to separate and do two museums. Mom, El and Em head to L'Orangerie to see the water lilies and then have lunch at a cafe in the 6th (details will have to be filled in by them). Bop, Sarah, Marc and Deb take two metros to the 16th to see the Musee Marmatton. More Monets. It's a warm day and the museum is NOT air conditioned. We don't spend too long, just long enough! We walk through the 16th and find a cafe for lunch.Bop has saucisson and frites, Sarah a Croque Monsiour with Chicken and Marc and I two divine salads. We metro back and drop Bop off at Odeon. Marc, Sarah and I head to a medical museum. This one is the history of public assistance hospitals. We have always wanted to hit all these museums but they are all closed in August and that is when we have been here. The exhibit is small and in French but very interesting (collection of "baby bottles" from the 16th century to the present, instruments used to do all sorts of things.. ). Outside there is a garden with medicinal herbs (belladonna, nightshade etc. ). Sarah and I walk back via Eric Kayser and meet up with El and Em walking back from B and G's hotel. We all chill out in the apt until our 8:30 dinner reservation at Le Dome.
The restaurant is as we remember, elegant and ornate. We somehow end up with a private room (someone has cancelled). We eat well, too well. El and Sarah start with asparagus soup and Deb, Marc and Em have our favorite tuna carpaccio. B and G share oysters and langoustines. We almost all get the Saint Pierre fish except the girls who get their favorite Langostines with fresh pasta. For dessert (yes dessert) Sarah gets her chocolate mousse and Em and Gok get sorbets. Bop gets some house special mille fielle thing with rum and creme that is wonderful. El gets Fraise de bois and Marc and deb just "taste"! Home to bed at 1AM. Its easier to manuever the streets tonight!!