Sunday, 6 July

We slept in today – until 9:00. It was a busy touring day, with lots of walking. We started at the Eiffel Tower. We took pictures, but didn’t go up because the line was so long. Police were everywhere, and we eventually saw them chasing some street vendors. They caught one, but we don’t know if they found what they wanted.

We got off the beaten path, and had trouble finding a café for lunch (we hadn’t eaten yet). We accidentally found the miniature Statue of Liberty. Cafes soon appeared, and we were refreshed. This pina colada tasted much different than I’m used to. The list of ingredients are the same, but the final product was not. I also always seem to end up with carbonated water, when I would prefer still. We’ve also paid up to $10 for a 1 liter bottle of water in a restaurant.

The Musee Marmottan was next, which has the largest collection of Monet work in the world. I can’t explain how wonderful it was. Just to see so many of his works…….

Outside the Musee was a rather large park. There were people playing with their children, picnicking, reading, resting, and it even had Wi-Fi. They offered donkey rides for the children. It was like out of a story book.

The Seine was our next destination. We started near Notre Dame, and walked. I forgot how many vendors are along the Seine. We stopped across from the Louvre to have a drink on a docked boat. We would have had dinner, but they were not serving yet. (It was only 6 pm). We walked back into the neighborhood to find a restaurant recommended by the travel book, but it was closed. This is where we found one rude waiter, who knew we spoke English but gave us a French menu. Our waitress was disgusted when she noticed we had to swap. But I had my dictionary, and had figured out what most of the dishes were.