Attentione, SVP

While Emily irons my shirt in her French maid costume, I'll take another minute to post.

Another busy day yesterday. After a jog around the Grand and Petite Palaces and around the Invalides, we grabbed breakfast at great (and evidently very popular) local boulangerie and headed over to the Tomb of Napoleon for a bit. Pretty impressive place for a little guy. We then worked our way through some of the medieval armor and through WWI & II. Lots of information, particularly about how to surrender as fast as possible. After a few hours in there, we grabbed lunch at a nearby bistro before heading towards the old city for a walking tour. We hit the Notre Dame, WWII deportation memorial, strolled through the north end of the Latin Quarter, stepped in a bunch of dog poo which fortunately came off in the fountain at Place St. Michelle, visited the Cluny Museum (no, George was not there), and then went to the impressive Saint Chappelle (no, Dave wasn't there either). At this point, our dogs were barking (Emily's in particular for other dogly reasons) so we relaxed on the tip of the Isle de la Cite in the Parc du Pont Neuf.

We then headed back to our neighborhood to get some food for a picnic on the Champ du Mars in front of the Eiffel tower. Lots of people out just sitting, relaxing and chatting. Had a nice sandwich, stinky cheese with bread, pastries, and Cantillon Grand Cru. We were going to climb the tower tonight but there were some outrageous lines so we decided to postpone for a night or two and have an early night. Fun, busy day and we've got plenty more to do.

Em has a bunch of the pictures uploaded and we'll get them linked through shortly.

Mark