Ah Paris....(day three)

Woke up to another beautiful day, and headed down to the Rue de Mouffetard behind the Latin Quarter where Lori remembered an open air market opened daily. We were early by Parisian standards, but did find coffee and some croissants, and I got a hungryman's crepe. Then things started to open up and the people came out in droves. We ate our breakfast in a little park in the square of the old village that the Mouffetard was and planned our day.



We headed to the Sacre Cour way up on the hill across town. Fun climbing up a ton of steps to get there. Hundreds of people were there, and vendors and all sorts of crazy stuff. We toured the church then wandered the streets for awhile, looking for a place to eat.



Lori spotted this place at the bottom of a long set of stairs where we could just kick back and watch people for an hour or two while we had french onion soup, some beer and some lunch. Great time.



Then we wandered down the hill to the red light district and checked out the schedule and prices for the Moulin Rouge. Expensive, and needed reservations. Too much hassle for us. ;) So we kept rolling back towards our end of town.



By now we were totally wasted again from a long day of walking around, so Lori got the brilliant idea of getting tickets to ride one of the sightseeing boats on the Seine, and then going and stocking up on some bread and some beers in our backpack to smuggle onboard. You can sit outside on the top deck of the boat and ride around for an hour listening to a tourguide...and drinking beer in the sunshine. Like I said, brilliant.... Eiffel tower was far point of the tour. I ran to the Eiffel in the morning, not a soul there but me. By this time in the day, there were thousands of people... that is the story of Paris. Get there early and the city is yours!



Came home, and had a long dinner back at our Italian restaurant across the street. Met another American couple at the table next to us and hung out late into the night. Finished off with a Parisian banana split.

Home late.....the next day we woke up to pouring rain, which didn't matter, because we were down into the Metro one last time and on our way out of Paris....

Great 10 year anniversary trip....