Day 49 from France: Visitors From The StatesNotre Dame & A Lot Of Walking

Shaboom sends us her update from Paris...

I got up at 10am to rush out and meet friends! I have friends! And they speak English! And they GET me!

I got to the station and realized there was a train strike. So I went home to call their US cell phone to let them know I'd be late. That gave me enough time to scarf down 5 madeleines and a coke.

Another train strike - shocker! Here's the scene at Gare du Nord.

Here's the beautiful stop at Cité...

When I got out of the subway, I ran to meet my friends near Notre Dame.

The end of Mass...

French Scouts...

After Notre Dame, we went to the Île Saint Louis for the famous Bertillon ice cream. I ordered vanilla & nougat - 2 scoops! And what's ice cream without a café au lait?!

We then headed to the Marais and I ate a pain au chocolat on the Place de l'Hôtel de Ville.

The Marais, or the gayborhood as I like to call it, was CRAWLING with people.

After a vigorous day of playing tour guide, I came home to eat a mango yogurt, 1 bite of a sugar butter crêpe, 1 piece of chocolate and went to bed at midnight. We walked for about 10 hours straight, so I was pretty tired and fell right asleep.