Day two in Paris was our second wedding anniversary. We had a big day planned. It didn?t quite go as we had envisioned.
We woke up late. (Dinner last night had been really good). We set off to see St. Chappelle. The line was MUCH longer than we had hoped. But we couldn?t put it off twice, so we stuck it out. It was cold, and if I recall correctly, a bit drizzly. And then just about 12: 30 we were informed it was closed from 1 to 2. We were not near the entrance. There was much grumbling all around. But we made it just in the nick of time. The chapel, while small, was stunning. virtually all the walls are stained glass depicting biblical scenes and stories. I had never seen anything like it .. becaus e nothing is.
Lunch had us looking for crepes .. and finding much more. Wine, prosciutto and mozarella salad, french onion soup, an entertaning waiter and crepes for dessert.
and Robyn helped me eavesdrop.
Then we went to the Monet museum. closed. The impressionist museum was unworkable because the weather was bad and the other museums closed, so the line was crushing.
Godd humored, we set off to the Eiffel Toweer. Another big line ... but what to do? hours later, after much shoving and hustling with other tourist, and braving wind and rain, we were at the top. We were so cold and wet we had to laugh. And kiss. Happy 2 years!
Then we wanted to take a boat ride down the river. We missed it.
So, off to dinner at Hotel du Nord. But that would assume we had the address.. we had planned to go home and pretty up first, but it was too late now ... too many lines. So we took a metro to where we thought it would be. We were wrong. So we had to beg a cabby to take us somewhere we could barely describe. Valiantly Robyn kept trying ... rejected three times before one guy took pity on us.
We had a great dinner. Duck, tuna, pork chops, kir royal ... and at the end of it all ... WE HAD NO DEBIT CARD ON HAND and not enough cash. Oh my. A fitting end, really. Robyn gave her driver license as collateral and we promised to return the next day.
Better to just go home than keep trying. We will always remember this one!
(Dont get me wrong .. it was great ... it was Paris!)
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