We walked over to the nearby Paris Opéra. What a building! We vowed to come back later or the next day to go inside, but unfortunately, we never got a chance. Next time!
We took the metro to Île de la Cité to go through Notre Dame. Needless to say, the building was impressive. I loved the stained glass windows surrounding the cathedral and was in awe at the size and height of the structure built almost 1000 years ago!
We crossed over to the left bank, and made our way over to the Musée d'Orsay. Beth was close to a melt down, but I managed to find her a Nutella waffle that calmed the storms... In Asia, I used to travel with a Snickers bar in case of emergency - clearly I was losing my edge. The Museum itself was a beautifully restored train station. As for the art and attractions, we weren't too into it (like I said earlier, we're not art people!). The coolest thing I saw was a scale model of the Opera, which made me want to go back and check it out.
We walked over to Les Invalides after the museum. Les Invalides was part historic military building, part church and burial site for Napoleon and others. The church was pretty cool, as they had dozens of old flags hung around the upper level representing nations that were conquered or lost a war to France.
Beth took a "back break" while I went around to the other side of the church, to the entrance of the tomb area. This place was even more impressive than the church side, and Napoleon's tomb was as large and gregarious as you would expect.
On our way to the Eiffel Tower, we passed an Indian Restaurant... hmmm... we looked at each other and decided we would definitely come back there for dinner. Neither of us were overly impressed with French food so far... mostly due to the fact that we weren't interested in fois gras or lamb. Maybe we would have to focus on French cuisine on our next trip!
The Eiffel Tower was very cool. We got "lucky" as there was some kind of bomb scare that had cleared out the tower just before we arrived, so we only had to wait about 15 minutes before grabbing the elevator up to the second level. Despite Beth fearing being blown off the tower, we managed to enjoy the view without incident!
Another update from Gram... you've got to love grandmothers with BlackBerries...
Tita changed the girls' sheets today and washed their bedspreads. What a treasure this person is!
She had prepared a baggie of veggies for the girls, and some water to take to school. But they ate the veggies before 5 pm! Then we walked over to the school. We had pizza, apple juice and (sorry) a doughnut that came with the drink. Abby found Carter, or the other way around, and they swung around a tree giggling and pushing each other around...more giggling.....We saw Jen and Steve.
Then we were first to see Mr Marshall. While the girls were playing in the classroom, I asked him if Robin had had any time-out yet. He said no!! :). But he said she's very chatty. He gives 3 warnings before giving a time-out. So far so good. I really liked him. He's noticed she writes going towards the left...he said it's not unusual and said that once they start writing in the correct direction everything gets straightened away.
Then we met Ms Romeo. Boy, what an organized class that is!! I saw Abby's desk, folders, artwork, etc. She showed us all around the class. They had to write about what they did during the summer. Abby wrote something to the effect that she went to her Gram's pool and swam with her cousins. :) They've both had a bath and are now watching TV (first night of TV) as they needed to relax.
Dad is looking for the instructions to clean the rat cage....??
Love Mum xx
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