"Hotel-Schooling" before exploring |
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Introducing Paris landmarks |
After our very French continental breakfast was delivered to
our room, we all showered, regrouped, “hotel-schooled” and were finally ready to
take on Paris. Only problem? Paris was continuing to take us on. We didn’t “heart” Paris last night because of
the “incident” (as we like to call it) and today Paris gave us less then nice
weather. Cold and rainy, I felt as if I
was home in Norway! At least in Norway
when it is dreary outside I have no pressure to sight see…with less than two full
days in Paris, however, we had to get out there…rain, sleet or snow!
The girls’ are in love with the Eiffel Tower ever since
Barbie and her entourage went to Paris for a “Fashion Fairytale” in one of
their favorite movies ever. Enticing
them with a visit to Barbie’s favorite location was the carrot to get them up
and out by noon. As the girls got their
shoes on, Ellie put on her sneakers and Elise and Grace asked if they could
wear the other pair of shoes we brought for each girl, their sparkly,
ballet-like slipper shoes. We explained
that they had the ability to choose their shoe-wear but that they needed to recognize
that the weather was chilly, dreary and it would likely rain. There was no complaining allowed regarding
the shoes, should they choose to go for fashion over form. Elise was convinced we had a point and
quickly acquiesced. She put on
sneakers. For those of you who know
Grace, take a guess as to what she opted for…..drum roll…..the ballet slipper
shoes. Of course. She was in Paris after all.
We marched over to the Lourve which, if you recall, we would have immediately recognized because it was the building I almost crashed into the night
before. We got on the Hop On Hop Off bus
there but because it was cold and rainy, we had to sit on the bottom level
which didn’t make for great pictures nor much interest in the kids. Once on the bus Ellie fell asleep almost
immediately (one could argue that by Day 4 we have completely wiped our kids
out but if you know Ellie, you know she is infamous for her ability to sleep
anywhere, at anytime). However, once the
rain water started to leak onto our seats, that woke the Sleeping Beauty up and
she was ready to get her Paris on along with the rest of us.
Once the bus reached the Eiffel Tower location, Ellie was
awake and the girls were ready to get off and see what they came to Paris to
see! We got off the bus one stop before
the Eiffel Tower, as we figured we could see it from the distance and walk
towards it. That was a great
choice! The girls were blown away when
they rounded the corner and saw the massive monument spring up in front of
them!
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An emotional moment for us all |
We were cold. We were
wet. We were tired. We were still recovering from the traumas of
the night before. But we were in
Paris. We were at the Eiffel Tower. We are blessed.
Buying our mini Eiffel Towers |
Remember the “shoe debate” I mentioned earlier? Well, even
those of us with smart footware struggled with the cold, wet and soreness. Any guesses as to how Grace was feeling in
her demure slipper shoes? Yeah…it wasn’t
pretty. But, I must say, she did recall
the conversation earlier and muscled through what was probably a painful and
humbling walk home from the bus stop.
She decided that from now on, for the rest of the trip, she would
probably be wearing her sneakers. Good
choice, Grace. Need I remind her that I was right? Nah, I'll let that one slide.
We were back in the room by 4:00, cold, tired and
hungry. Room Service? Yes, please!
We all put on our comfies on and cuddled up to our free internet until
the food was delivered. (By now you can
only imagine the Euro we were racking up….not including our room service
fetish, don’t forget we were still paying for that apartment we rented and never
used). We got lots of carb-filled foods
with French fries and sodas. Carrie and
I had been supporting each other on a semi-intensive workout program for the
last month which we both did really well on. Now we are supporting each other
on who can eat more crap in one sitting.
Full, fat and fatigued, we were ready for bed! The girls cuddled up together in Carrie B.’s
bed for a movie while she worked on our blog posts and I posted FB pics and got
some work done for my real job….a full time one that I seem to have
forgotten about these last few days. I was
awake until 1:15 for that job….good thing I love it so much.
Memorable Quotes:
“France doesn’t have much color.”
-Elise
Carrie L: “Grace,
does Paris remind you of anywhere?”
Grace: “Yeah, Bali.”
Carrie L: “Bali? How
does Paris remind you of Bali?”
Grace: “Oh no, I mean
Thailand.”
“Those mean men are carrying guns!”
-Elise as French military men walked by
Ellie: “There are NOT
dinosaurs in Paris.”
Elise: “Mom, write
that down! Write that down!”
“Can I do a French man?”
-Grace while asking to make a toilet paper French man like
the German boy we made while in Germany
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