Today Carly and I started out a little late around 11:30, but we made quick time getting over to the Tuilerie Gardens. They were absolutely amazing and beautiful, I will be able to post pictures as soon as I have a cable to upload my pictures. We had lunch at a very lovely outdoor cafe overlooking the gardens and fountains. In good French fashion, I had a Croque Monsieur and split a bottle of Sauvignon with Carly. Thankfully, we were seated at a table with an umbrella because it started to rain quite a bit. We were in no rush though and we still had a glass of wine each left to finish as it poured. After the rain, we headed over to le Musée de l'Orangerie that housed lots of impressionist paintings. The most famous of which were the two oval rooms with the large Monet paintings. Every painting took my breath away with its beauty (and possibly with the help of the 3 glasses of wine). I wish I could look at those Monets every day, I think I would be much more at rest! After wandering though, we stopped at the gift shop to buy some post cards and trinkets. Just to make the day even better, we were helped by the most adorable young frenchman (sorry Andrew!). Even though we were swooning, he still was one of the nicest and most helpful guys I've encountered so far.
Carly and I moved onto our next destination, and had to stroll through another storm. When I'm prepared with an umbrella, the rain is the most welcome and beautiful thing. We stopped at a very fancy liquor store that Carly had been to before with a wine bar and bistro on the second floor. We indulged in two more glasses of vin blanc and shared a large plate of cheeses. The cheeses were amazing! I loved the brie and cheddar, but I could have used my mom to help us decipher what the other ones were. I even gave the blue cheese a shot, but I will never again! The bistro was very pretty and modern, and they had this funky soundtrack of metal and alternative songs redone in a jazzy style. We had fun listening and trying to figure out which songs were which. Our favorite for sure was the rendition of "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic". This seemed to be the place of choice for after work drinks with friends and hip mothers needing a break from parenting. One hilarious sight to see was a mother searching for some bottle of liquor to bring home with her two young boys which we named Hans and Frans (don't ask why). They were two little identical looking pudgy french boys with their hair slicked back wearing Polos, khakis, and playing with their iPads. We for some reason gave them German accents and imagined their conversation bragging about their iPads and superior tolerance for alcohol. A good time was had by all :)
Right now, we are resting up at my apartment before heading out to dinner. I'll post again soon, promise :)
At the café in the gardens
My Croque Monsieur
Picture in the bistro
Les Fromages!
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