Day 6 - Paris Part Deux

July 5 - Day 6: This was a very busy day! Off to the Metro station we go - Barbes Rochechouart - and we all hop on train.... 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10.... uh oh.... who's missing? where's Peggy & Melanie? At the next stop, I jumped off and told them all we would meet them. Up the steps, over the tracks, down the other side and back on the train. I get off and see them no where. Where could they go? Did they hear the name of the stop and got on the next train? I wish I had my cell phone! I go up the steps in case they went back up and out, but I don't see them. I turn around to go back down and just see the edge of Melanie's skirt! Melanie!! Hugs all around... I would never leave you behind! And off we went. We never lost anyone again, but then everyone knew that if they were left behind to stay put and someone will come back for you.

We started the day at Eglise St-Eustache (affectionally called the Moustache Catherdral since none of us speak french!)

Then off to the Louvre - Mona Lisa, Cupid & Psyche, Venus - all the good stuff.

Lunch was at McDonalds... we had to! Trina said so... and we were all so proud of her! And then shopping at the tourist traps on Rue de Louvre.

On the advice of our guidebook, there was an interesting mechanical fountain at George Pompidou Place... so off we go. The fountain was a miss (I hate that book!) but the girls enjoyed the shopping.

Dinner was at a nearby outdoor cafe - Paris Beauborg. French Onion Soup is divine, the hotdogs are scrumptious, and the Boeuf Bourguignon was terrifi despite the little seed pods drifting down on us from the tree above.

Time to pay the bill and make our way home... oh wait... DENIED! So off I go to find an ATM and pay our bill with Euros. Very annoying.