Breakfast ..... Fresh fruit.....pain au chocolate croissant......off on journey by taxI to Hotel des Invalides....This monument to house old soldiers was built by Louie XIV to house old soldiers (many who were invalids). It also is a huge museum de l arme'e where one of the largest collections of military paraphernalia in the world is housed . Swords,guns,armor,flags,models and maps from prehistorictimes through WWII cover four floors....and we visited them all!!! Very interesting. The Eglise du do'me where France's bravest soldiers and greatest warriors are entombed, including Napole'on, is also located on the grounds. We hailed another taxi and headed to St. Germaine to Aux Deux Magots for a late lunch. This is the famous cafe where Hemingway and his cronies met to drink and write. The name of the cafe comes from two statues of
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