Rain

One would think being from a rainy place would have helped us better cope with today...but it sure didn't. Our intention today was some time at the Musee D'Orsay, Napolean's tomb and the Rodin gardens. We got through one. We left our hotel and it was POURING!! I had an excellent plan to get from here to the museum with little to no rain interaction. That was going fine until the last leg and the train wasn't stopping at the three stops surrounding the museum. Tay won't admit this now but she said, I'm fine walking. That was our first mistake. We walked, no umrella, typhoon like weather and no clear picture of where we were. I made her get on a bus...I didn't even care where it was going. Anyway, you get the point. We are drenched.
We got to the museum and apparently everyone in Paris had the same idea. I thought we were so smart because we had purchased passes the day before at another museum...nope. That line was longer than the people with no tickets. Whatever...we stood in line for over an hour to get in. Yes, still in the rain.
Once in, we were thrilled to see works by Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh but not thrilled with all the other people there that were apparently having some sort of race to see how many pieces art they could see in one day. Sad to say that 1) the French are Terrible at managing lines and people and 2) going to art museums has seemingly become as popular as Disneyland.
Am I complaining too much? The cafe, the only one there, had one register. That line took over an hour to get through. They were very nice however when I dropped my debit card between the freezer and the wall...and they had to pull the freezer out to vet it. We dodnt have to discuss that part. Needless to say, that took a lot longer than anticipated.
We came home, dried out and I let Tay eat at the Hard Rock Paris even though it is mostly against my travel rules to eat too much American food while away from America.
Funny thing we noticed today is that the rest of the world apparently LOVES and is not sick of the Black Eyed Peas. The Hard Rock erupted with song tonight when their video came on.
I stopped off at a pub right next to our hotel for a Cider...because I was missing Cider. Tay wouldn't go with me so I went alone. First off, one should not bother with a Pub in France because no matter how much I love London and tried to pretend I was there...it didn't work. They played Johnny Cash, Kid Rock and Freebird. I had half my drink and came home. Just sad :)
Anyway, this was long and grumpy. The forecast looks much better for tomorrow and we live close to the Louvre, which is what we have planned for the day. Hopefully everyone else will go somewhere else!