Paris Day 2

 

Hello!  It has been a crazy few days as we have tried to squeeze as much as possible before my mom and Winston head back to the States.  We have finally gotten some beautiful weather and it has been fun exploring. On our second day in Paris, we intended to go to the Monet museum, but then we discovered all the museums closed on Tuesday.  Ugh! We switched gears and headed over to the Eifel Tower.  We hadn't intended on visiting it, but we discovered that the tower would be decorated for the Olympics.  This was fun to see.  Afterwards, we walked over to the Tuileries and went to Angelina's where we all got a pastry.  The cafe had a long wait, but we got ours to go and sat in the park.  Ivy rode the carousel and then we made our way up to the Lourve to just take a picture.  I think those pictures must be on my mom's camera roll as I can't seem to find them.  Then it was time to eat a late lunch or early dinner; however, sadly we didn't choose well.  The food was so gross.  In all honesty, we only had one good meal while we were in Paris except for the one we cooked ourselves.  The pastries are fantastic, but the options available for tourists were very limited and of poor quality.  I wish I knew someone who lives there who could have taken us to a really good restaurant that the locals go to.  After dinner, we headed to the Arc de Triumph since it was so close.  Strangely the city wasn't too crowded with tourists.  Then we headed to the train station as we were staying out by the airport because we would pick up our car the following morning.  Well, I hope you are having an enjoyable summer.  Talk soon!