We started the day at the Louvre. We got there 40 minutes before it opened and stood in line. It was windy and cloudy, and I FROZE! (It turns out we didn’t need to come early – the line was never long when we saw it. We would have been better off arriving soon after they opened.) We saw the Mona Lisa, which was bigger than I remembered. It amazed us that they allow you to take photos. We walked around for a couple hours.
Once we got outside, it started to rain. I’d packed umbrellas, but since the forecast at the hotel didn’t mention rain, I didn’t have them with us. There went another 5 euro. When the umbrella started turning inside out, we took the train to the Champs- Elysees. We returned to the restaurant with the good ice cream, and ate our first meal indoors (as opposed to a sidewalk café). While we ate, the rain stopped. Headed back to the hotel, with a stop for pastries.
Lloyd starts his conference at 6 pm. I’m on my own for the next couple of days.
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So just a little update on what's going on here. Work has been slightly annoying, but it happens. Kendall got hired and starts tomorrow with me so I'm really excited about that :-) I got burned on the bread pans on Friday unfortunately. It's really big and gross looking...I'm really hoping it doesn't scar all that bad. My coworkers tell me it "looks totaly badass" though. My trip to Ames was fun, I needed the break :-) We had some severe storms today which were interesting. I went out spotting with Justin and we got caught in torrential down pours and 80 mph gusts that shook the car pretty well. We pulled over and waited it out for that obviously. There are trees down and stuff. I have video of it. We saw a few wall clouds too but they never turned into anything. There was also some really cool lightning and a gorgeous rainbow after the storm. But yeah...that's pretty much all I can think of. It sounds like you guys are having a good time :-) I'll see you on Thursday.
Paris sounds wonderful! We're off to Cedar Point today. Mom spent last weekend at Uncle Tom's cottage, and said she had a great time. Fun all around! Enjoy the rest of your memorable trip. Love, Cathy
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