The last day of a trip is when you really start savoring all the things you will miss most about a place - definitely the morning visit to the patisserie, crepes, church bells, metro sounds, Notre Dame always there for us. Why do we have to leave once we've gotten really good at having everything figured out?
We started out at the Musee d'Orsay - the Impressionist museum. It is very easy to enjoy. It is the right size- you see all its greatness by not having to work too hard. I enjoyed how the Impressionist painters captured - and show us - life from that time.
For lunch we had to return to our Bastille outdoor market from our 1st day- for the hot churros that dissolve in our mouth.
We walked to the Pompidou Center , which was where the kids really enjoyed themselves - watching the street entertainer from Canada. He was funny as he juggled fire and knives, and rode a 10' tall unicycle.
The kids were not so impressed with Pompidou's modern art. "Art gone weird", said Jeremy. Well, at least they know what modern art is.
We had a nice French dinner in the Latin Quarter to celebrate Chris' birthday. Then, as a last hurrah, we topped it all off with a cruise down the Seine River on a Bateaux Mouche - a different perspective, allowing us to see many of the famous sights all lit up!
We fly home in the morning.
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