In the morning we started out walking to a great & typical Parisian street market where they sell everything you can think of. There was one vendor that was selling 9 different types & colors of carrots. They had suggestions on how to use each carrot in different presentations to make your food look as good as it is going to taste. We then took the metro back past our aparrment to the Musee Marmottan Monet. It's a private house filled with Monet's son's collection of his father's works mostly from his garden at Giverny. Troy & I love it there, and it is a wonderful place to introduce mom & dad to Paris art museums. Small & very intimate and not at all crowded. On the way back to our apartment, we stopped at Sophia's favorite park so she could show mom & dad all of the things that she can do on the play ground. It was another beautiful and cold day.
After our naps, we were all rested enough to walk down the Champs Elycees from the Arc de Triomphe, down Ave Montaigne to see all of the designers showrooms (unfortunately no shopping for us at Dior, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, etc because it was fashion week & everyone was working the shows), across the Pont del'Alma (stopping at the copy of the flame from the statue of liberty which is just above the column in the tunnel where Princess Diana died), and thru the American University area where we know of a great Irish bar to warm up & have a pint. The great thing about Pubs in Europe is that they are actually very family oriented.
Sophia is welcomed to join us in the pubs (although this was her first pub experience) and she had a great time clinking glasses with her sippy cup & saying cheers...
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