Bonjour,
Here are a few additional highlights from our trip.
- Crepes = awesome. We sampled whipped cream, Nutella, ham and cheese, and jam; all good.
- We only were turned away from one restaurant because we have kids and spoke English. They said it was because they couldn't seat 6 of us, but the restaurant was empty. To be honest, most Parisians were very nice and accommodating - especially if you made any attempt at speaking French.
- In Le Louvre, an Asian man stopped Mara and wanted to touch her hair and take her picture. We let him.
- On Jeryn's sixth birthday, she opened presents on the top of the Eiffel Tower; on my sixth birthday, I got a bike that I couldn't ride because I had the chicken pox.
- Vin chaud = hot wine. It kinda grows on you. It is like spiced cider with alcohol.
- Do not attempt to have dinner before 7pm. Repeat: don't even try. This also goes for attempting to have breakfast before 9:30am. One night, we had a dinner reservation for 7pm, and were the first ones in the restaurant at 7:10pm when they opened the doors, and they were surprised with us for being early.
- A three day visit to Paris = about 10 miles walking, depending how strategic you are about riding the Metro (note for next visit).
- McDonalds sells beer. We did not confirm if you can get your Happy Meal with a Heineken (another item to explore next time).
- Two people wished us Happy Thanksgiving. One was our family. The other was a great hotel staffer. Well done.
Here's an additional exhange that Christina had:
Christina:
"Parlez-vous anglais?" (Do you speak English?)
Server:
"No. I don't speak English." (In perfect English).
Christina:
"Oh, Ok. Um, can I have this?"
Server:
"Ok"
