Day 6

Ahhhhh a day without rain!!!

Today was day 2 of museum pass.  Our friends had other plans so D and I headed out after a nice home breakfast to the Eiffel Tower to get some close up and personal pics of the iconic tower.  The weather was pretty nice but chilly and the metro was very easy.  It seems that not many people use the metro....most people either walk or drive around the city.   The sight was just unbelievable.  It is soooo large and one can see it from almost every point in the city.  What a fabulous idea for a symbol of one's city.  We got some great shots and decided to walk across the street to see a beautiful carrousel and a stand that sold what we had been wanting for almost a week now.....crepes.  I must say that I was still in control and ordered a jambon and fromage crepe....but Diana went over the edge and ordered a strawberry, chocolate and whipped cream crepe!!!!  Guess who enjoyed HERS more.  After a nice quiet lunch next to the river, we were off to the Rodin Museum.   He is one of Diana's  favorites and it is set in a gorgeous house and garden.  I must admit that many in the garden were absolutely gorgeous and even better we had seen many of the plaster casts in the Musee Dorsey which was really neat.  After a nice walk past the Invalid complex we rode our metro back to the Notre Dame station and tried to see the Notre Dame Chapel (not it real name) but the line was tooo long and it did not accept our fancy Paris Pass.  So we skipped it and went on  to the Pompeidu Museum......the modern museum of Paris.  But WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT.  All the permanent exhibits were not there and only two were there.....a Lichtenstein exhibit which cost another large Euro cost which we just would not pay.....remember we were riding our Paris Pass.  And to replace the permanent exhibits was a what I would call an ultra modern contemporary art exhibit.  From the start we just were not impressed.  There were many but just none impressed us at all.  Remember now that we are really into contemporary art but this was just not our style.   They were not impressive or even logical.  So we had to really struggle through it. 

Once done, we headed home.....it was about 4:30 by now.  We of course had to stop for food and wine at our local store and headed home to meet our friends who had their own great day of mostly shopping. 

We brought out the wine and cheese and compared notes on the day.  WE all were so happy there was no rain, I think it was our first without any rain.  We also compared pictures as we ate and drank. 

We were all exhausted (it is getting tougher each day to get out there) and so decided to eat in tonight.  Remember last night was a 200 Euro meal (did you look up cheval???).  We had a really good salad from a huge lettuce head we bought with bread, and torttelini (sp) we popped in the microwave.  Now they are watching the BBC news and finishing up the wine!!!!

Tomorrow we planned to go to Reims but will cancel because we have to be back for a big  dinner with friends from Boston we are meeting.  Also, we all wanted to rehash some steps for shopping and seeing if we can see places we missed or could not see because of the long lines.  One bad thing is we do not have our wonderful Paris Pass anymore (it was for 2 days only). 

One more thing........I was asking people why they think the people who swim in the river are crazy.......we were told that it was because they were....IN SEINE!!!!!!!!