Paris in the Rain

Comment allez-vous, mes amis?

Today, we got to see Paris in the rain, which according to a certain movie, is when Paris is the loveliest.  Well, it was fun at any rate.  We sat under an archway at the Louvre, watching people and pigeons hopping about the square (yes, the pigeons were also hopping). 

WELL! Yesterday was a very tiring day (hence no posts from either of us). We slept really late and then went to Notre Dame.  Right behind it is this really cool bridge where lovers put bicycle locks and throw the key in the Seine.

 Notre Dame was cool of course.  Right across the street there is this really cool bookshop called Shakespeare and Co. filled with English books.  It made us feel a little more at home.

After zipping around on the metro a bit, we decided to walk from Place de la Bastille to Place de la Republique (there is a long straight road between them...so how could we go wrong, right?).  We did take a slight detour to see Victor Hugo's house in the Place des Vosges--a very pretty garden.

It kind of reminds me of the Royal Circus in Bath, England. Then we took the metro to the middle of the Champs Elysees and walked to the Arch at one end and then down to the Tuillerie Garden.  That is one looooong walk.  Near the garden is the Egyptian obelisk in the middle of the Place de la Concorde.  Let me tell you, crossing that takes talent.  After all that walking, we decided to chill in the garden for a bit and then went home and watched some American cartoons (we do this a medicine for culture shock.)

Today, we just went to the Louvre.  We spent all day there and we didn't even see half.  We'll have to go again sometime.  That's why we were sitting outside it afterwards, in the rain, literally soaking up the atmosphere.

Well, that's all for now.  I'm super excited because I just heard back from my school about my arrival. 
--Mary