July 13, 2010
We had a late dinner last night at the Creperie St. Germaine. We found it and the girls remembered eating there with Bop and Gok and El two years ago! Of course we had to end the meal with a dessert crepe. It was a warm night and we walked back to the hotel around 11pm. When we went to dinner at about 9:30 it was still light...are we on double daylight savings time here?
Slept very late (11am)-after an early morning wake up (4;30 and Marc was down in the hotel lobby using free Wi Fi to check in with the office). Skies are clear and it is warm. Shorts and tank tops for all (except Marc....). We head directly to the Eric Kayser we saw near Rue Buci the day before. Rolls (fig, apricot) for Marc and Deb and chocolate things for the girls. We get the smallest take away espresso cups (so cute)...We head to the Musee d'Orsay. It's open today and we are dismayed by the LONG line outside to get in but it moves fast and we are in in about 10 minutes. The museum is undergoing a big renovation so one floor is closed but they moved all the impressionism/postimpressionism to the first floor and we mostly stay there. A lot of Rodin and Degas sculptures and of course all the impressionists. It's really crowded but great.
We decide to have a lunch picnic (it's now about 2pm) so head back to, where else, Eric Kayser (are we are like those people who come to Paris and just have McDonalds because it is so familiar?) They have a great deal...sandwich and water bottle for 5 EUROS!).
We get two sandwiches (chicken, brie), a container of "tabouli"-which is a couscous salad with raisins, and a slice of artichoke tart). We schelp, I mean, take it all to Jardin Luxumbourg. Great for people watching, as always. A lot of kids out with their parents, couples and a lot of kids playing soccer.
After lunch we head up to Rue Moufftard. We pass by several Ecole Superiors where students are gathered. We think that acceptances just came in as there are postings on the walls. Rue Moufftard is busy. A lot of tourists in Paris right now. But it is July. The girls both buy dresses at a small shop and we find the "flower ice cream' shop we remember from several years ago. The girls get Mango/Kiwi and Marc and Deb share coconut/date. We sit in the square and people watch again. It is still warm (in the 80's) but a wonderful breeze.
We wander around our old haunts en route back to the hotel. Someone is staying in our apartment! The windows are open!!
We notice the neighborhood hasn't really changed but see an new Subway shop around the corner. How someone or why someone would eat Subway when Eric is just a few blocks away is unclear to Emily (and to the rest of us!!). We also notice several Starbucks both around Odeon and Rue Buci. Hmmmmmm
Back to the hotel by 7. Naptime for all before dinner. Bouquinste...will check the spelling on that later.
We had a late dinner last night at the Creperie St. Germaine. We found it and the girls remembered eating there with Bop and Gok and El two years ago! Of course we had to end the meal with a dessert crepe. It was a warm night and we walked back to the hotel around 11pm. When we went to dinner at about 9:30 it was still light...are we on double daylight savings time here?
Slept very late (11am)-after an early morning wake up (4;30 and Marc was down in the hotel lobby using free Wi Fi to check in with the office). Skies are clear and it is warm. Shorts and tank tops for all (except Marc....). We head directly to the Eric Kayser we saw near Rue Buci the day before. Rolls (fig, apricot) for Marc and Deb and chocolate things for the girls. We get the smallest take away espresso cups (so cute)...We head to the Musee d'Orsay. It's open today and we are dismayed by the LONG line outside to get in but it moves fast and we are in in about 10 minutes. The museum is undergoing a big renovation so one floor is closed but they moved all the impressionism/postimpressionism to the first floor and we mostly stay there. A lot of Rodin and Degas sculptures and of course all the impressionists. It's really crowded but great.
We decide to have a lunch picnic (it's now about 2pm) so head back to, where else, Eric Kayser (are we are like those people who come to Paris and just have McDonalds because it is so familiar?) They have a great deal...sandwich and water bottle for 5 EUROS!).
We get two sandwiches (chicken, brie), a container of "tabouli"-which is a couscous salad with raisins, and a slice of artichoke tart). We schelp, I mean, take it all to Jardin Luxumbourg. Great for people watching, as always. A lot of kids out with their parents, couples and a lot of kids playing soccer.
After lunch we head up to Rue Moufftard. We pass by several Ecole Superiors where students are gathered. We think that acceptances just came in as there are postings on the walls. Rue Moufftard is busy. A lot of tourists in Paris right now. But it is July. The girls both buy dresses at a small shop and we find the "flower ice cream' shop we remember from several years ago. The girls get Mango/Kiwi and Marc and Deb share coconut/date. We sit in the square and people watch again. It is still warm (in the 80's) but a wonderful breeze.
We wander around our old haunts en route back to the hotel. Someone is staying in our apartment! The windows are open!!
We notice the neighborhood hasn't really changed but see an new Subway shop around the corner. How someone or why someone would eat Subway when Eric is just a few blocks away is unclear to Emily (and to the rest of us!!). We also notice several Starbucks both around Odeon and Rue Buci. Hmmmmmm
Back to the hotel by 7. Naptime for all before dinner. Bouquinste...will check the spelling on that later.
posted by csmcid at 11:41 AM
1 Comments:
What do you mean double daylight savings.... It is light in Paris late and that really shows you how far north you are!!! Have you forgotten so soon? Maybe it should have been said more frequently to you in your youth! Glad you are having such a good time
Sam
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