Paris

Day 7

Breakfast at our door and weather today is getting up to the 70's. YES! No jacket today. Took the metro to the Eiffel Tower. Dow had to get her Paris fix  - sight of the Tower before we depart. Big crowds – We cannot imagine what summer crowds must be like.  Because of the crowds we decided against the Musee d'Orsay and headed to another landmark – Arc de triomphe.  Got off at the wrong metro stop and had to walk the entire Champs Elysee, which turned out to be a good thing as we saw an Apple Store.  Amazing place.  It took them10 years to find the perfect spot and 5 years to remodel, keeping the original French flavor of the building while updating it as well. They had a room like a living room demonstrating the Apple Homepods – amazing sound.

It was wonderful walking the streets in the warm weather. Birds chirping, the smell of baked goods, and people sitting in the sidewalk cafes gave us some insight what summer must be like.  But we prefer April, smaller crowds.

Our last HH.  We will really miss the pâté and French cheeses here.

We sat outside at L'Encrier. Very relaxing and feeling the French atmosphere at an outside cafe. For an appetizer Dow had stuffed artichokes and I had a pear with blue cheese salad– both were out of sight. Dow's main course was grilled fish and again I could not resist the sweetbreads. What a meal.

Downloaded the boarding pass on our iphones and we are packing now.

Finishing off our Sauternes – I hope you all remember what this is – French dessert wine.

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