Today was a very long day. Last night, Olivia woke me up in the middle of the night with her sleep talking, except I thought that it was already morning and she was telling me to wake up and that I had missed the alarm. I checked my phone and it said 7:35 so I said we had to get up. Olivia checked her phone too and saw the same thing and went to take a shower. I was very confused that it was still rather dark outside and that I was so tired so I looked at my watch it said 12:35. I was extremely confused. I was so delirious it took me a good five minutes to work out what had happened in my head. I had to check my watch, my phone, my watch again, the Paris time on my phone, try to do the math, and it just took a very long time. I then had to get up and tell Olivia (while she was in the shower) that it was actually midnight. She eventually got out of the shower and went to sleep without drying her hair, which actually worked out better because we could sleep in a bit because she didn't have to shower anymore, just dry her hair. We woke up again at the REAL 7:30 AM when my alarm went off and went to breakfast, which was yummy :)
After that, we headed first to the market at Clignancourt. When Professor Lorenz said we would have 2 hours to shop, I thought it would be way too long, but it turns out, it was just enough time. It was such a huge market and I liked it a lot more than I thought I would at first. We walked around and found some really interesting things in all the shops. I ended up buying some old postcards with writing on some of them and stamps, which was really neat, and a very small old key, all for 25 euros.
After that, we headed first to the market at Clignancourt. When Professor Lorenz said we would have 2 hours to shop, I thought it would be way too long, but it turns out, it was just enough time. It was such a huge market and I liked it a lot more than I thought I would at first. We walked around and found some really interesting things in all the shops. I ended up buying some old postcards with writing on some of them and stamps, which was really neat, and a very small old key, all for 25 euros.
We went afterwards to the cité and saw Sainte Chappelle in the sun, which was beautiful, and Notre Dame, which was spectacular, saw the Roman ruins underneath, which were pretty cool and had really good interactive animated renditions of old Paris. We also went up the towers, which had so many steps! They never stopped! But the view at the top was spectacular. I saw two people come out of one of the bell towers through a little door that I don't think you were supposed to go through, but I didn't explore and now I kind of regret that.
We stopped at a café for some food and I had a croque monsieur! Very interesting. I really liked it except for the burnt cheese on the edges.
We also went souvenir shopping again and saw the Shakespeare Bookstore. We tried to go to the déportation monument, but it closed early for some reason. It rained a lot and it was also sunny. We saw so many rainbows! There was a rainbow at Notre Dame, and then we also saw a newly wed couple taking their wedding pictures in front of the cathedral. We went on a boat tour and saw another rainbow in front of the Eiffel Tower, so now I have pictures of rainbows in front of the two most famous Paris monuments! It actually hailed for a bit on that trip which was weird...
After the boat trip we went to dinner at a French place and had delicious food. I had mussels! So yummy. Then chicken with herbs (which, unfortunately was kind of dry), and finally crème caramele! Delicious. I loved it. And we had wine with dinner (rosé) which was fun and very good. Rhadika tried her first sip of alcoholic beverage ever and really liked it. She poured herself a glass and drank the whole thing!