Day 29

Salut!

Today was fun and pretty relaxing. We slept in and got a late start at 11am. We left the apartment and crossed the street to a bakery on the corner to get "breakfast". I got pain au chocolat, which is exactly what it translates to: bread with chocolate. It was delicious and perfectly flaky. When we were done we headed down into the metro station, bought a couple tickets, and hopped on the train. We took it to a stop right next to the Louvre, so we walked through the open area in front of it and took a bunch of pictures. The museum isn't open today so we'll be hitting it up tomorrow. After that we headed for Musee d'Orsay, hoping to go today. We ended up not going, so we're saving museums for tomorrow.

Instead, we decided to wander through the city in hopes of ending up at the Eiffel Tower. We walked for a while enjoying all the beautiful architecture, then we stopped in a Starbucks because some of the girls needed caffeine. After sitting in comfy chairs for a few minutes we hit the road again, only to be stopped by the lure of a macaroon shop. A few of us stopped to get a small bag of cookies to eat with our lunch later. I got chocolate, vanilla, citrus, and raspberry. All were delicious (but chocolate was the best). After that we made it to the Eiffel Tower!

We walked around the park a bit then spotted a food stand in the shade and got lunch there. I got a crepe filled with strawberry jam and shared some French fries (ha) with Ana Maria. We sat in the grass in front of the tower to eat. That was beautiful. The weather was perfect all day (sunny with a high of 64, low of 48) so walking wasn't bad at all.

When we finished our lunches we walked under the Eiffel Tower and then strolled along the river towards Notre Dame. I just looked it up and that's about a 4 mile walk. We walked at least 7 miles today. Go us! So we made it Notre Dame after a while and it was beautiful! Though there were stands and weird stuff set up, obscuring the view. Kind of a bummer but whatever, I saw it and got pictures of the gargoyles and heard the bells. After that Rosie and I split from the others to come back to the apartment for some much needed rest. She just made us some poached eggs and they're delicious!

Now I'm going to go through my pictures or something then maybe go out again. One more full day in Paris then I'm headed back home!

Bonsoir!