May 13

Sundays are laid back in France. Good shares of shops are closed while markets and museums stay open for people to explore. My day started with a small book market where I only bought a baguette to eat from a local vender. From there, Jessica Foster and I walked up to the Cite where Notre Dame is located to visit a museum about the underground ruins of Paris. Once again, our pass gave us free entry. Afterward we strolled along the riverside looking at the street art. In Paris there are green bins that the artists keep there work in and fold out into a semi-permanent store when the weather permits. From what I know about art they are not that bad. Our walk concluded at Napoleons tomb under the gilded gold dome at the Invalids Museum. Once again a free pass. From there we took the metro up town to the Paris Fashion Museum that had some crazy outfits dated 1800's to present. Jessica and I tried to look like models, but I think I only became a walking logo for ETK. Once the museum was behind us, we walked along the side streets to the Arc du Triumph and climbed to the top to overlook Paris. Having been here a while I could pick out the different parts of town and realize all that I've seen and have yet to see. The hike up the Arc was intense, so we found a small café at Victor Hugo Place to eat (dinner takes a couple hours) and picked up desert from a chocolate shop.