Day 7-March31

Our final night in Paris.:( What a week it has been! This has been a wonderful trip, but as the saying goes.......all good things must come to an end! It has been a trip to remember. We started the day with breakfast at a nice cafe and then headed over to the Musee d'Orsay museum. We spent a few hours there looking over the beautiful art. From there we walked along the Seine River (which we do quite a bit) and looked at the sights one last time. We purchased some art work from a street vendor to bring back home. Then it was time for lunch - we went back to City Crepes one last time because this is something we won't be able to enjoy back home. My Dad went back to hotel for a bit while my mom and I did some shopping! I bought more perfum at a perfumery. Shopping in Paris is sooo much fun!!! Afterwards we met up with my Dad and walked over to the Luxemborg Gardens to spend some time. This is a beautiful park (somewhat like Central Park) with playgrounds, carousels, flower gardens, horse rides and cafes. The Park was filled with kids playing in the play areas and adults playing chess and others just walking around. We took some good pic's there. Finally, dinner which was my parent's choice at a Wine Bar called La Cremerie. This was an old dairy bar that was changed into a Wine Bar. It was alot of fun. We had a few things for dinner - the best mozzerella cheese ever, duck pate, grilled vegetables and a seafood spread with the best french bread to go along. I was the only one who had dessert which was a fresh cream with carmel sauce (like a panna cotta) - delicious!! Now we are back at hotel and it is 11pm Paris time and we are thinking about going back out so the night doesn't end! I hope you enjoyed reading my blog about a 12 year old in Paris. I will always remember my first trip to Europe and hopefully there will be many, many more!!!!!!!! Thanks for reading.

Emily from Paris :)

PS - Maybe I'll check in with you in the morning since we don't leave Paris until 6pm (Paris time). BTW - we didn't even realize we had a time change here over the weekend until Monday afternoon. We were only 5 hrs. ahead when we left and we are now 6hrs ahead. So we lost an hour of our vacation.:(

Day 6-March 30, 2010

Hey everybody- it's Emily! Another great day in beautiful Paris! We started out our day by going out to breakfast at a crepe resturant, where I had a delicious banana nutella crepe! After that, we went over to Le Bon Marche, a high end department store in Paris, where I got another beautiful makeover done! I love it! We looked around there, and then we headed over to Rue Cler, another area of Paris filled with nice gormet, open food markets! We had a delicious lunch there at a reasturant called Tribeca- I had a delicious pizza! We then, went over to the Madeline District(7th arrondissement), and went into a cute gormet food and candy store, called Fauchon and another gormet food and chocolate store, called Hediard! We looked around there, and then went to Angelina, and had their famous hot chocolate!The best hot chocolate I ever tasted- delicious! We walked back to our hotel after that, and walked along the beautiful Seine River! We stopped in a beautiful perfume shop along the way, too! We ended our night, with dinner at Le Pub de Saint-Germain! The natives were there watching a big soccer game that was going on! The food was very good- I had scallop risotto and a chocolate milkshake! We will blog again tomorrow! Still loving Paris!

Emily:)

PS - It's Cathy! Wow - what a city! It's going to be tough to leave. It really has been a great trip. We are enjoying every moment of it.

Day 5-March 29,2010

Hi it's Emily. It's about 1am Paris time - long day and night here. We started our day with the usual breakfast at our favorite spot - Gerard Moulot's . From there we continued to Montmarte, which is the highest point in Paris. It was beautiful up there! We went into a beautiful chapel and walked around and toured it! There are great views from up there! Once we were done with that, we went into the Marais District, which is located in the 3rd and 4th arrondissements! It is more village-like and really beautiful! We went out for lunch there at a resturant called Dome. It was delicious! I had a four- cheese ravioli! We walked around in and out of shops there and we also toured the Holocaust Museum. I had a delicious chocolate ice cream cone too! After we were done with that section, we took a subway back to our hotel and then, we went out for dinner at Il Suppoli- delicious! We ended our night at the beautiful Eiffel Tower! We went all the way up to the top when it was all lit up at night! I am having such a great time in Paris!

Emily

Day 4-March 28, 2010

Hi everybody-this is Emily! It's about 9:30pm Paris time! We had a lot of fun today! We started out the day with breakfast at our favorite patisserie- Gerard Moulot! I had a DELICIOUS brioche! After that, we took a train to Versilles to tour the BEAUTIFUL castles! We toured the castle of Louis XIV! It is AMAZING! We took an audio tour through the castle and then went out to see the great gardens! The castle was HUGE!!!! I would love to live in a place like that! We took the train back to Paris and walked around the area and got a DELICIOUS baguette from Greard Moulot of course! We went out for dinner at an Italian resturuant called Tour de Napoli and had a delicious pizza and antipasta! We are saving a true French dinner for our last night in Paris. We ended our night by going to Grom's-of course! I got delicious pistachio gelato! We finally found a way to get our pictures on the blog! These are a few sights we've seen during our trip to Paris:

Still loving Paris!!!!

Emily:)

Day 3-March 27,2010

Hey - It's Emily! It is 11:30 and we are back at the hotel. Today is day 3 in Paris. We did alot today. We started with breakfast at Gerard Moulet's paterisserie. The pastries are delicious! From there we went to Champs Ellysees and SHOPPED! I got a pink swatch watch, perfume from Sephora, and my very first makeover!!!!!!! I got it done at Sephora!!!!!!! We saw the Arc de Triumph!!!! It was sooooo beautiful!!!!!! And huge!!!!!! We had lunch at a restaurant called Vesuvio's and ate outdside right by the Arc de Triumph!!!! We went for a mass at Notre Dame!!!!! Beautiful chruch!!!!!! The mass was in French! We walked along the Seine River back to our hotel and went to dinner at Leon's and had mussels- delicious!!!! To end the night, we went for dessert at Grom's and I had a chocolate gelato- yummm!!!! Still loving Paris!!!!!!!

Emily:)


Hi - It's Cathy. I'm getting a little better with ordering my coffee. It's not quite like home,but what the heck, it's Paris. They like their coffee strong. This is one beautiful city. I think we could get used to this place in a hurry. Still having problems with getting pic's on blog. Not sure it will happen. Any suggestions, for transferring from cell phone to this blog?? Let us know.
Good Night from Paris!

Day 2-March 26, 2010

Hi Everyone!

It's about 10:15pm, Paris time. Another fun day in Paris! We toured the Louvre today - it's huge! Had some great French pasteries for breakfast. Walked around on the Right Bank to see some of the other neighborhoods. It really is beautiful here. We had gelato at Grom's. It was sooo good!

We're having problems getting pic's on computer (maybe a virus), but will keep trying.

Emily;)

PS -I'm still looking for that cup of american coffee! Tried starbucks tonight. Cathy

Day 1-March 25, 2010

Hi Everybody-this is Emily on my blog from Paris! We arrived here today at 11:15 Paris time! We took the train to our hotel, which is called the Hotel Odeon St. Germain. It is in the 6th arrondissment. The hotel is beautiful!!!!!! Once we checked in, we went out to lunch at Les des Margots. I ordered a French baguette. It was delicious!!!!! For dessert, I went to a crepe stand and had a banana nutella crepe! After that, we walked around a little bit by the Louvre and walked over to the Eiffel Tower(in the 7th arrondissment). Now, we are back at our hotel and looking for a place for dinner! Check back later for pictures. Loving Paris!!!!!

Emily