No, I didn’t go to the top of the Eiffel Tower, and no…
Posted: July 10th, 2009 | Author: Lindsay | Filed under: storytime | 1 Comment »…I didn’t go in the Louvre, didn’t go to the top of Arc de Triomphe, nor did I check out the stain glass windows inside Notre Dame. These are all things I didn’t do in the 8 days I spent in Paris last week. But I did ride the Velibs!
More on those later!
Here’s my itinerary from Monday – Sunday:
Kenzie and Me at Jess's Wedding
Monday
- Walked around the Luxembourg Gardens, to Montparnasse and returned on Rue de Renne in the morning
- Uploaded my friend Jess’s wedding pictures to Flickr. Kenzie wouldnt have done it if I hadn’t!
- Walked to the Louvre, rode on the ferris wheel and walked around the Tuilleries Garden.
- Met Kenzie at Arc de Triomphe, wen to Harry’s New York Bar and then to vietnamese for dinner.
Tuesday
- Went to the Latin Quarter market to buy fruits, veggies and cheese.
- Did some accessories shopping
- Got on my first velib! Biked to the Eiffel Tower and then the Trocadero, watched street dancers.
- Biked to Centre du Pompidou and then back to Kenzie’s. Met her at the cafe and then made dinner, including my first tapenade!
Wednesday
- Did some more shopping; St Germain is great for that.
- Biked close to Montmartre and stopped at a Jewish deli on the way. Surprised they’re easier to find in Paris than San Francisco
- Took the metro to Monmartre, walked to Sacre Coeur, started reading A Moveable Feast by Hemingway.
- Descended, biked to Marais, got lost somewhere north of Bastille on the way
- Ate some L’As du Falafel. Spoke Hebrew with a Druze employee
- Met Kenzie at the Ferris Wheel, got drinks, rode the Ferris Wheel.
- Walked along the Seine, found the Jefferson statue and then got some amazing gelato.
Me on the Ferris Wheel in Paris
Thursday
- First day waking up before 10:30. Took a Fat Tire Bike Tour of Versailles.
- Spoke some decent french trying to buy a cheese to eat with my smoked salmon
- Biked the grounds, around the canal and then stopped for lunch
- An Australian couple got engaged while we were there
- Took a tour of the chateau, found Louis XIV’s mom to be horribly unattractive, and lucky to be royalty (else who would have paid attention to her?)
- Met Kenzie for dinner in St. Germain
Friday
- Slept really late
- Went to Montmartre to check out the painting I “commissioned’. It was ugly, didn’t buy
- Bartered for some awesome work, then the guy wouldn’t take credit card. Oh well
- Headed back to St Germain, got Kenzie, and went to Musee D’Orsay for the last hour the employee was opened
- Loved the Italian exhibit there: Italian Models
- Sat by the Seine, met Anne Laure, and went out to dinner in the 15th
Saturday
- Went to Centre de Pompidou again, but went inside this time. Found out about Face2Face, bought the book
- Shopped again in Marais
- Found a bar and celebrated July 4th; met Andrew, a family friend
- Biked the Velibs after two beers down to Invalides and back up to St Germain
- Did some food shopping and made dinner; Charles came over
- Walked to the Louvre and fought over whether the pyramid lined up with the arcs. It doesn’t, shame on you IM Pei
- Watched Eiffel Tower light up!
- Got some fruity drinks at the Rhumerie
Je t'aime Gerard Mulot
And the entire time I ate at Gerard Mulot, my favorite place, now, in the world!
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