Our favorite patisserie on the island closed up shop and went on vacation until March, which was ok with Jeremy who needed something more substantial than a baguette - he was craving cereal!
We headed to the Louvre. We had a really great, informative tour which highlighted some interesting pieces and gave us the stories behind them. The museum is absolutely huge and easily overwhelming. Definitely exhausting - our 3 hours was as much as we could handle. I can't imagine how royalty lived there - it is practically a maze, even with a map! As we passed nude painting after nude sculpture, Kate asked, " why are they all ... Missing their arms" - not how I expected her sentence to end!
Afterwards we took a break lying on the grass in the Tuilleries... Many people were out soaking up the sun. Then we saw Monet's water lilies that stretch across the walls of The Orangerie. Man, he's good! How did he create something so large and beautiful that up close (at painting distance) looks like a mess of paint scribbled onto canvas?
We walked down the Champs Élysées to the Arc de Triomphe, and climbed to its top. It offers a great viewpoint of Paris!
The bar Greg and I chose tonight had a perfect view of Notre Dame; I have to stare at things like that to absorb them... Wow, 800 years old!
Melinda said the Arc De Triomphe was a great place to watch the traffic go by. She had the twins in a double stroller and was by herself with them so going to the top was not an option. I'm glad you are all having such a great time.
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