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Published: August 18th 2007
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Champs Elysee
There is a similar photo from our first trip to Paris. Here are all our feet walking on the Champs Elysee. One of the things we have been enjoying on our visit here was the selection of French music Jose has. One artist in particular, Georges Brassens, was terrific. Unfortunately even the great music in the morning didn’t make up for our miserable night. Eliza was up in the middle of the night and between her and this nasty mosquito bothering us all night long we got very little sleep. The girls got up at 8:30 and Jonathan went into the bedroom to grab a few more minutes of rest. I started packing up while the girls ate. We tried to start a load of laundry but couldn’t quite figure out Jose’s machine, but he should be back tomorrow. We cleaned the apartment and headed out the door around 11am. As it was our last day in Paris we decided to institute a rule that Jonathan and I had followed one day in Paris many years ago and that was that every time we passed a pastry shop we had to buy a new kind to try. The rule was gladly adopted by all and we enjoyed pastries all day long in lieu of lunch. We took the train to the Concorde
Emma and Abigail in front of the Arc du Triumph
It was windy and a little chilly and the girls tried to wrap their legs up in their sweaters to stay warm. stop (one of the sights in the Madeleine book…another goal of mine was to be able to show the girls all the real life spots that the illustrations were based on as it is a favorite book of ours).
We walked down the Champs Elysee all the way to the Arc du Triumph. As impressive as it is the girls weren't won over. We snapped photos and ate pastries and then continued on our way. We caught the subway and went off to visit the catacombs. Six million people are buried under here. Only 200 hundred people are let in at a time but luckily the line wasn’t too long when we arrived. First we had to go down 185 steps, then we had to follow through about a half mile of narrow, dimly lit tunnels until we reached the crypt. It was unlike anything I had ever seen before and I think despite the advance talks the kids were definitely spooked. Since the bodies were moved here from other overflowing cemeteries the bones were stacked in formations. The leg bones provided the base and structure for the ‘bone wall’ while the skulls provided support in the middle and
on the top. All of the smaller bones were apparently dropped behind the bone wall. Too creepy. It was a really long walk to get through all of it.
Afterwards we headed back to Jose’s and Eliza had a late afternoon nap while we finished packing up and cleaning. What a good time in Paris. We easily got our train connection to head back to Brussels and we ate our packed dinner to pass the time. When we got home we settled the kids into bed and at 10:15 started moving stuff to our new house. It is only around the corner but it is much improved. Pictures and details to follow….
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Sophie
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Hey!!!
Hi Girls. I miss you like crazy. I can't wait to come visit you. I liked seeing all the pictures here on this site. That dragon slide looked really cool. Was it scary? Love you best buddies!