All good things must come to an end :-(
Another sunny day in Paris. We started off with a quick trip to the grocery store to buy French candies and some cheese. It's so unfair that cheese is soooo cheap here. Very hard for me to not buy more.
We headed off to the Louvre and the lines weren't actually that bad. We went straight away to see that smiling lady. Compared to all the massive paintings in the accompanying galleries, she's really so very small. We had to go see Venus de Milo of course too and the crowd was almost as big there as for Mona Lisa.
That museum is just so very big. I can't even begin to think how much time you'd need to so it justice. Marks' favorite part of the museum was the part devoted to the medieval castle. Isn't archeology grand?
We went to Sacre Coeur in Montmartre next and instantly regretted not leaving more time for that neighborhood.
It's a great reason to go back though. Lots of artists and cafes and narrow streets and an amazing view of the city.
Because we had stored our luggage at the hotel, we headed back after Montmartre to pick it up. I convinced Mark to stop at the local brasserie for a coffee. Emma had a very pretty hot chocolate too. I
then has an interesting conversation with the server and a customer about all sorts of thing including politics and the virtues of both countries. Mark and the kids were pretty quiet for that since it was all in French. The server then very kindly suggested we take the bus instead of the metro to the train station to avoid all the steps and have a better view. It was a great suggestion and meant much less walking in the station too.
Once again, no problems at customs, just stamps and smiles. After buying some REAL Dijon mustard at duty free, we boarded the train and are currently en route to ashford where we will gain an hour of time.
It should be a quiet night back at the old barn with quite a bit of sorting organizing and packing. The next blog will be from London, stay tuned for more adventures!
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Location:Ashford,United Kingdom
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