Day 6

On Wednesday, Andrea and I were super duper tired and we couldn’t get going like we thought. We hit the Louvre in the morning, but it was super packed. We took some silly pics of us “touching” the top of the glass pyramid in front of the museum, then decided that we didn’t want to wait in line for a museum pass. So, we headed over the Orsay to grab a two-day museum pass. We figured we could see the four museums it allowed us to see in two days. The Orsay was fabulous, but we couldn’t take any pictures. We saw several Monet’s, several Van Gogh’s (no “Starry Night,” but we saw his “Self Portrait”), a few Rodin sculptures. It was lots of art, not a million people. After we were done, we headed over to the Latin Quarter for a delish gyro and fries. Next, we hoofed it over to the Luxembourg Gardens. Hill met us a little later and we tried to find the Catacombs Andrea and I had been scoping out in our touristy Paris book. We had to walk a couple more miles to find the spot…it wasn’t as close as we thought! Unfortunately, when we finally got there, it was already closed for the day. So, we hopped on the metro and made our way back a little closer to home. Hill found a mall she wanted to shop around, and Andrea and I headed back to the Louvre. We made it around one wing with Ancient Egyptian and Oriental artifacts and art. The Egyptian exhibit had a ton of real tombs and an actual mummy, which was SO COOL! We were getting tired and kind of hit a wall at the Greek statues….so we started walking and made it to a café. Hill came and met us, just as the rain started to fall. Andrea and I decided to be completely French and order escargot and croquet monsieur. Yum! The snails were not as bad as I thought. They were very hot, very garlicky and buttery….kind of like garlic-butter oysters. And the croquet monsieur was basically a melted grilled ham and cheese. Can’t go wrong with that! Then, we went on search for gelato, because I have wanted gelato (ice cream) since I got here and have yet to have any. But no luck last night…sad for me!! We headed home and Andrea and I mapped out our trip for our next adventure the following day. Then, we headed to bed early since we’d need to leave by 8:45am to hit the Louvre!