The night time bike ride was awesome! A group of about 15 of us rode all over Paris, stopping for ice cream and some local tidbits about landmarks we were passing. The tour included a ride on a ferry down the Seine, and we all drank some red wine that our guide had been carting around on the luggage rack on his bike. All in all, the tour clashed about four hours and we covered eight miles. Totally fun experience.
This morning, I woke up late and missed the hostel breakfast, so I was forced to get breakfast at the corner cafe. I was absolutely forced to get the breakfast special, which included a cappuccino, orange juice, buttered bread with jam, and a croissant. It was absolute torture. I hit up my last Paris museum, the Musee de l'Orangerie. I was walking around looking at everything and thinking....hmmm.....I've seen this before. And the. I remembered that the whole collectn had once made the trip to one of the art museums in Dallas, and I'd seen it all there. Regardless, it was nice to see some old friends by the likes of Monet, etc. :). After that, I walked (in the rain) to the Latin Quarter and down the Rue St. Michel. Another really lovely neighborhood with cute shops and cafes and a young vibe. For lunch , I bought a small round of Brie from a farmers market for €1 and ate it with crackers and fruit. I wandered over to the Rue Moufftard, a street famous for its open air market and checked and some lovely fruit and bought more macarons....which I then ate while watching a jazz band. Really lovely. I finished up the day by getting dinner with two of my roommates. Ordered trout,and the ENTIRE thing came out......bones, skin, eyes, and all. It was ok.
Tomorrow, the same roommates and I are hitting up a couple of flea markets, to look for treasure. Stay tuned to see what we find!
I'm going to learn to ride a bike if it kills me, just so I can do this on my next trip to Europe.
ReplyDeleteThe company also had those little child wagons you could hook onto the back of a bike and tow along. You can ride in that thing, if you want. :)
DeleteWill you have time to go to the Jardin du Luxembourg?? At sunset is just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI went, not at sunset though. It was still beautiful!
DeleteYay!!
DeleteYou should go and see versailles.
ReplyDeleteIt was the best "museum" that i had seen while i was in paris. it makes total sense why the french peons revolted.
and if the catacombs are open, you should definitely see them.
my one regret with paris was that they were closed when i was there.
I sadly didn't make it to Versailles. I'd really wanted to do, but it's pretty much a whole day activity and I only had four full days there. The catacombs weren't really appealing to me.
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