Yesterday Erin, Krista, Adrien and I went to the Pompidou Museum (modern art - Picasso, Matisse, Pollick, amongst others. I recognized a couple pieces done by artists that have been exhibited at the Albright Knox. Go Buffalo!) After the museum Adrien left and was replaced by Colin, Erin's friend from Suzuki back on Buffalo. He came to Paris 3 years ago to study cello and doesn't plan on ever leaving. We went up to the top of Notre Dame. The gargoyles were pretty fly. So many stairs...I wonder how many stairs I have climbed up and down in Europe...As well as how many miles I have walked.
From Notre Dame it was over to Ile Saint Louis where we sat down and split chocolate brownies and ice cream and whipped cream and chocolate sauce goodness, as well as a bottle of cider. Needless to say it was delicious. We peeked into some neat shops in the area - really really cute kitchen stuff and such. If I do end up living around here ever again, I know where to go.
The three of us parted ways with Colin and made our way over to the St. Michel area where we found a bunch of cheap restaurants in our search for a boulangerie. The boulangeries were closed, but we found a Monoprix (like a Super target) where we got baguettes, wine, cheese and chocolate for a picnic dinner. We tried to eat at the Luxemburg Gardens, but 5 minutes after we sat down the gaurds were blowing their whistles to signal it was time to leave. So we took the metro to le Tour Eiffel, which we were planning to go up but ran out of time for (I still haven't been up it yet. But don't worry, I will!). We ended up picnicing on the park in front of it (very similar to the National Mall and the Washington Monument sort of layout). By this time it was getting dark so it was lit up and beautiful. We were there for two instances of the light show - when it sparkles with strobe lights.
A another good day :)
One of the guidebooks I had mentioned something about another tower in Paris that is worth scaling. Since from that view you can see the Eiffel tower ;)
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