Not surprisingly our larger group gets a slower start to a
lot of walking. Andy (and Tom and KT) says that there is NO ONE in Paris
right now, isn't it marvelous, but let me tell you that there are A LOT of
people in Paris and they are ALL AT NOTRE DAME.
Overheard on the parvis in front of this significant monument
(mom, sincerely, to teenage daughter with earbuds firmly in place): is there
anything I can do to put you in a better mood?
(daughter): scowls and
turns wordlessly away.
I feel your pain, kid, but stick with it, Paris will reward
you.
Anyway, then across the river again to St. Germain for an
Andy-style tour ("this is where we stayed on my very first visit to
Paris") and St. German-des-Prés church (built in the 12th c!) and then
back again to the Louvre until I demand stopping at which point we enjoy a
lovely, if pricey lunch in the Tuilleries. Sitting under plane trees with
a croque monsieur and your good friends is remarkably restorative.
Dinner with Tom and KT at Le Square Trousseau which is an
absolutely gorgeous old restaurant in the 12th. KT likes it because you can get frog’s legs –
which the children now learn really do taste like chicken, albeit in a good
fishy way – and you can get chocolate mousse for the table which is good if you
have a 14 year old boy with you. Before
he polishes off at least two helpings of that, PLL has snails AND steak
tartare, more maternal pride. IAL has the most gorgeous (and enormous)
pavlova for dessert, KT says if you like macaron, you will love this.[1]
She is right, but we all have to help out.
pavlova as big as a little girls smile ;-)
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