Day 3 - Tuesday, July 22: A Museum and A Fountain

Info for today's adventure....

We awoke this am at around 9 and had a tasty breakfast of croissantes, jelly, nutella, and cereal with milk, oj and coffee in our Paris apartment. We got the kids dressed and ready and we packed some sandwiches and fruit for lunch. The Moores headed out to the Musee d'Orsay while the Hoyles took a brisk walk to the Hotel National des Invalids, a beautiful monument that originally housed a hospital for the invalid soldiers who had served under King Louis XIV. This is the site of Napoleon's Tomb, a museum of French Military History (the Musee de l'Armee) and beautiful outdoor gardens. We spent the morning and ate our lunch there.

We met up with the Moores at the Musee d'Orsay, and decided to go back to the apartment for a rest. While we were waiting to rendevous, an artist drew a caricature of Wyatt. He asked for 55 Euros for it, ie about $95. I gave him 4 Euros, which was literally all I had on me. Remarkably, he took it. I guess he didn't need another picture of an American kid with an enormous head drawn riding a scooter (one must see this drawing to get the full effect). On the way back, Megan and I stopped by the market and got some provisions for meals.

After a quick rest, the Moores headed out for Montmartre, a mountain in North Central Paris. The Hoyles took a quick metro trip to Parc Andre Citreon - a beautiful park on the banks of the Seine with large grassy pastures and a wonderful grid of fountains that spring water up from the concrete in patterns created by computer controlled timers. The kids were so excited! They had their swim suits on and spent an hour running around in the fountains with tons of other youngsters.

We returned to the apartment for dinner - John made spaghetti and red sauce topped with mozarella cheese for the kids for dinner. John and I went out for a wonderful dinner and got back around 10:15 - just as the sun was setting. It stays light until really late. Steve and Megan went out after that and came home around midnight to find me up - blogging.

We went to the terrace of our apartment building to have a glass of red wine and see the Eiffel Tower all lit up and sparkling.

Great Day!

1 comment:

Elizabeth Gibson said...

Great haggling on the caricature! Who said anything about an exchange rate?!