Destinations Elsewhere

The last night in Paris and then we head home. Angie already blogged about what we did today so I’ll skip recapping that. I think we’ve all had a good time but we are all a little tired and probably will all enjoy being at home in separate rooms for a little while this weekend. It’s hard to know exactly how far we walked and how many stairs we went...

So there was this wind-y line in front of the Musee d'Orsay, and I guess it was longer than they expected it to be. So there was no rope line set up to guide the line, and people were just kind of making it wind on their own. So FOUR TIMES when we were in line this group of German tourists would cut the curve of the line and get in front of us....

So Jeff pretty much summed up today. At times it was pouring rain, at other times not so much. The view of Paris from Montmartre was pretty (although a little gray and cloudy). The kids and I rode the funicular both up and down the hill(since Ryan's bum knee is still bothering him) to Sacre Couer, and Jeff walked down. Walking at the bottom of the...

Today we were met with more rain, but it wasn’t as bad as yesterday and we survived through it. We started off by going to Montmarte (the only real “hill” in Paris). Near there was a Fondue place that was recommended by the bike tour we took. So after taking in the views from the hill we headed over to the Fondue restaurant only to discover they are...

It rained all day yesterday. And not like Seattle rain, where it rains lightly on and off - this was pouring rain. All day. So we stayed close to home and visited the Natural History Museum at the Jardin des Plantes. Which was just meh. A lot was in English, but a lot wasn't too. There were a lot of animal specimens, including a hall of extinct...

All the days are blurring together a bit, but we're having fun. Paris is nice and while I assume its no more crowded than London was it feels more crowded. Part of that is likely due to our tourist fatigue. I know we are tourists ourselves but after a while you grow tired of people holding up lines to take pictures or walking in front of door ways...

Saturday we went to Notre Dame cathedral in a downpour. (A quick side note about weather: before we came to Paris I was worried about the weather being too hot because by all accounts August can be really warm here and there is no air conditioning in the apartment we rented. Turns out we didn't need to worry about heat, and it's over 90 degrees...