Paris day 3 (part DEUX)

I am in my last day in paris and I'm only up to writing about the second part of day 3... my blogskilz are crusty

So after we saw the 360 landscape from the Arc du Triomph, we decided to walk about 15 minutes to a beautiful little parc in the northern part of Paris called Parc Monceau. It was beautifully green and had a crepe stand in the middle (which, of course, was essential.) We tried laying on the grass in the sun but got yelled at, so we lay on benches in the sun instead. It was quite peaceful after all the walking we had done that morning.

We decided to transplant ourselves to another parc where there would be better chairs and better people watching - back to the Jardin de Tuilleries near the Louvre. They have these great semi-reclining chairs (which are one of my favorite things about Paris) that we sat in for maybe 2 hours.

At one point a man with a small backpack came up to us and, in French, asked if he could give us a foot massage demonstration. We declined. He said "even if it is free?" Again, a big NO. He then proceeded to circle the parc looking for more young women to offer foot massages. I snapped a pic of this guy because I never ever want to forget that quaint Parisian moment.

This was a Thursday and Sam had figured out that Thursdays after 6 the Musee D'Orsay (the other super-famous Paris museum across the river from the Louvre) is free for under 26 year olds, so we got there at 5:55 and scooted right in. The D'Orsay is a converted train station and has a BEAUTIFUL open sculpture area in the center. It also has a lot of Monet works which were pretty neat to see side by side, comparing the same view at different parts of the day. Not a bad way to spend an evening.

We went to dinner in a cute restaurant in St Germain where Sam desperately wanted to get the molten chocolate cake... and where, at the end of the meal, they sadly told us that they did not have it that night. It was quite sad, but they were nice and told us to come back the next day to get it. Not that we would, but it was sweet of them.

You'd think that after that packed day I would want to take a break, but no, I had the most crazy day of all planned for Friday... I'm a glutton for travel punishment :)