Day 5 - P2 (Paris #2)

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Today was another "Big City" day en velo (bike). We took a more cycle friendly route this time which was nice. Mainly either bike paths (our favourite) or bike lanes (shared with buses - our second favourite) and some roads with bike lanes on the side (our third favourite). Straight to Cathedral de Notre Dame which was really crowded. So, we found an area off to the side which was fairly vacant and after a bird perched on the statue above us pooped on Russell, we figured out why the area was so empty. And moved on to the Ile Saint Louis to ride around a little. This is where Rachel got pooped on (and this particular poop was so big it took a few hours to actually dry......it was the size of a loony). Then over to Champs Elysees which was also very crowded. Saw the Arc de Triomphe too. Then headed back to our suburb, stopping along the way at our favourite Boulangerie (where they tell us that tomorrow is their last day and they close up for August!). Home to chill and Russell has of course headed off to le turf. He has made two friends there so far: Jasmine and Alexandre who are both 15 and very nice. It is too bad our French is so bad but the kids seem to figure things out anyways between their broken French and the other kids' broken English.

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Photos

View one street over
From our house on the other side of the park

Our street
Post soccer on our street

Our house
This is the front of our house. The left side is a patio which is nice to sit out on

Cathedral Notre Dame
View from across the Seine

En velo
Back on bikes today