Our apartment was on the 5th floor with a terrace and it overlooked the Saint Clotilde church, so we had such pretty views. The terrace wrapped around the corner to the bedroom.
Once we got unpacked and picked up some groceries from the market on our block, we promptly took a nap. Now, eveyone says to stay awake all day so you get adjusted to the time change (7 hours!!), but we bonked. Ahhh, peaceful sleep. After a couple hour nap we decided to go exploring our neigborhood.
We stayed in a part of the 7th district near the Assemblee Nationale, which is home to the lower house of the French Parliament.
We began walking down the Seine, along the Left Bank and passed the d'Orsay Museum.
The bridges over the Seine were so pretty.
We evenually found our way to Notre Dame.
After walking that much, we decided to take the Batobus for a cruise back. The Batobus is a hop-on hop-off boat shuttle and it makes a circular path around the Seine. We floated by the Louvre, Champs-Elysees, and the Eiffel Tower. We hopped off at the d'Orsay museum and walked back to our neighborood.
By this time it was about 7pm and we were pretty hungry. We stopped at a cafe and had some dinner. Jeff had an omelet, which he devoured, and I had a croque monsieur, which is basically an open faced grilled ham and cheese sandwich. Mmmm, the cheese was fantastic. Since we were enjoying the food so much, we had dessert. Chocolate mousse for Jeff and creme brulee for me. I can honestly say it was the best creme brulee I have ever had!!!
We walked through the park on the side of the church near our apartment, and took a picture to cap off our day:
Up next: Day 2 - Museums, museums and more museums (subtitle - don't the French eat breakfast???)
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You have such an awesome blog! So happy you get to travel so much. Love you!
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