Paris Weekend, take two...
So, I tried to make my final post from the lobby of our hotel in Paris...and about halfway through, the internet mysteriously disappeared, and as I was trying to fix it, the man working at the font desk came over and told me to "Leave this alone now..."...so half of a blog post is now saved under a Word Document at a hotel in Paris, and who knows what will ever happen to it!
Anyway, the last weekend in Paris was awesome, and filled with my favorite things...eating, ambling about, and crepes (note the separate category for "eating" and "crepes"..."eating" involves sitting at a table -- or picnicking in a hotel room....and crepes (or gauffres) can be enjoyed anywhere at any time). We hit a museum and did some sightseeing Friday afternoon, then, exhausted, some of us headed down to the market and boulangerie on the corner for some fruit, bread, and cheese (augmented by Nutella and peanut butter) and had one of my favorite meals of the trip from the comfort of our hotel room.
Saturday started off with a walk along the Seine and the Champs Elysees to the Eiffel Tower, with stops along the way at the Notre Dame, a lovely lunch at a little (tiny) restaurant in Saint Michel, some stall-along-the-Seine browsing, a crepe in the Tuilleries, a sit under the Eiffel Tower, a tour around a residential area beside the Eiffel Tower (and a search in vain for an inexpensive cafe...), and finally a Nutella gauffre (waffle/gopher) beside a the carousel on the Seine in front of the Eiffel Tower. As the sun came out, we descended into the metro to make our way to Julien's parents' house in the suburbs....only to discover that we were about a euro and a half short in the required change to purchase RER tickets from the machine. After trying several times to negotiate change exchanges (what came eventually to feel a bit like begging...) we managed to find a kind woman who bought our tickets with her credit card in exchange for cash, and we (Haley, Andrew, Jason, and myself) miraculously ended up on the same car of the same RER train as the rest of the group, who had started out several stops away from the hotel. Dinner was a multi-regional affair, capped off by the "Andrew singing in France" tradition. The evening ended with communication/transportation issues, but also with excellent St. Patrick's Day festivities...all in all a lovely day.
Sunday began with a walk in the rain to the Notre Dame for three wonderful hours of Mass and Gregorian chanting and choir and organ. Seriously the way to do the cathedral. This was followed by some souvenir shopping and a two + hour cafe lunch/game of willpower with a waiter (which included the most expensive cup of tea i have ever ordered...). Another trip to the market, boulangerie, and one more Nutella gauffre, and it was time to head out to the hotel by the airport.
-- annie :-)
Anyway, the last weekend in Paris was awesome, and filled with my favorite things...eating, ambling about, and crepes (note the separate category for "eating" and "crepes"..."eating" involves sitting at a table -- or picnicking in a hotel room....and crepes (or gauffres) can be enjoyed anywhere at any time). We hit a museum and did some sightseeing Friday afternoon, then, exhausted, some of us headed down to the market and boulangerie on the corner for some fruit, bread, and cheese (augmented by Nutella and peanut butter) and had one of my favorite meals of the trip from the comfort of our hotel room.
Saturday started off with a walk along the Seine and the Champs Elysees to the Eiffel Tower, with stops along the way at the Notre Dame, a lovely lunch at a little (tiny) restaurant in Saint Michel, some stall-along-the-Seine browsing, a crepe in the Tuilleries, a sit under the Eiffel Tower, a tour around a residential area beside the Eiffel Tower (and a search in vain for an inexpensive cafe...), and finally a Nutella gauffre (waffle/gopher) beside a the carousel on the Seine in front of the Eiffel Tower. As the sun came out, we descended into the metro to make our way to Julien's parents' house in the suburbs....only to discover that we were about a euro and a half short in the required change to purchase RER tickets from the machine. After trying several times to negotiate change exchanges (what came eventually to feel a bit like begging...) we managed to find a kind woman who bought our tickets with her credit card in exchange for cash, and we (Haley, Andrew, Jason, and myself) miraculously ended up on the same car of the same RER train as the rest of the group, who had started out several stops away from the hotel. Dinner was a multi-regional affair, capped off by the "Andrew singing in France" tradition. The evening ended with communication/transportation issues, but also with excellent St. Patrick's Day festivities...all in all a lovely day.
Sunday began with a walk in the rain to the Notre Dame for three wonderful hours of Mass and Gregorian chanting and choir and organ. Seriously the way to do the cathedral. This was followed by some souvenir shopping and a two + hour cafe lunch/game of willpower with a waiter (which included the most expensive cup of tea i have ever ordered...). Another trip to the market, boulangerie, and one more Nutella gauffre, and it was time to head out to the hotel by the airport.
-- annie :-)
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