Monday, July 18, 2011

The home stretch

We are almost done! Hard to imagine that this is already our 4th night in Paris. We had a nice today with a very relaxed pace and actually a lot of learning. We started late, because vacation is about sleeping in once in a while. Our first stop was the Musee de l'orangerie where the very large Monet paintings hang that we saw the inspiration for yesterday. This was a much safer adventure as no tour busses were necessary and therefor did not run into us. We met a nice couple from Denmark and had a nice chat while waiting in line. I point this out because I don't think a lot of people have made any effort to talk to us this entire trip. I try sometimes but get the "mom, quit humiliating me" look.
Anyway, after the gallery we had a really nice walking tour of Montmartre and up to Sacre Coeur. Funny facts about our tour; the guide's name was Gil and he was a writer from San Bernadino (that will be more funny if you have seen Midnight in Paris)and he did work for the Gates Foundation and knew of Stadium High School. He and Tay chatted quite a bit. I wanted to marry him but he is engaged to a Parisienne woman. Anyway, he took us all around the streets of the area and had really great stories and knowledge of the history. We only knew of the significance of this area because we saw Midnight in Paris right before we left. Also, we had visited a perfect museum as a precursor to this tour as many of the artist we learned about today were in the L'Orangerie.
I have no idea how I planned this so well but that keeps happening that we do something one day that enhances something we do the next.
So, finally a dinner on the first viewing level of the Eiffel Tower. Really was beautiful and On the way home, Taylor started talking in a British accent and I couldn't get her to shut up.
Tomorrow we have a three stop agenda. This is aggressive for us. Wish us luck.

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