Cheryl started out the day with another run through Paris. She saw lots of sites, and lots of other runners. Zoe and I slept in a bit to prepare for the day. The first stop on today's tour was a photobooth that was in a part of the city that there was nothing else we wanted to see. Unfortunately, this booth was in a night club that wasn't open for breakfast, so we only got to see it through the window. Thankfully Zoe was willing to pose for us, and there was some street art to look at.
Since we didn't have any plans for this day, we decided to head back to Luxembourg Gardens so Zoe could play on the awesome playground. While she played, I went out to get everyone some drinks. I wound up grabbing some sort of lychee drink, which Zoe really enjoyed.
Although the playground was a lot of fun, Zoe is a social animal and she was getting frustrated as she tried to talk to a number of kids, but none of them understood her and she didn't understand them. Luckily, just at that time, a little girl who was Zoe's age, who had a younger brother showed up. They were originally from New Zealand, but are currently living in London. The two of them had fun running around for a while.
At one point the other girl asked Zoe how many kilograms she weighs. She didn't know, so we told her that she's about 20. The little girl then responded that she weighs 90 kilograms! I'm not sure I've ever met someone so dense. As the afternoon wore on, the little girl and her brother went home and Cheryl brought back some lunch. This included our first savory crepe and, you guessed it, more macaroons.
After we ate, and as we were on our way out of the gardens, we passed this set of green, metal swings. They were built to hold two children facing one another. A man ties the child to the seat and then the parent pushes the swing as hard as they possibly can. Cheryl started out pushing, but Zoe asked that I take over. I'm not sure how high she was going, but it seemed really high.
It was crazy. The swing was way over my head, but Zoe didn't seem to mind. Since we only had two more nights, we decided that we would go see the Eiffel Tower light up this night. The first lighting didn't happen until 10:00pm, so we had a ways to go. We took a short break back at the apartment and then went out to get some dinner, drinks, and snacks. A cafe near the tower looked good to us, so we made ourselves comfortable for about an hour. There was a dessert cart just across the way, and Zoe posed with it.
Once we were all filled up, we made our way to our vantage point of the tower, which was right across the river. It is hard to tell from the pictures, but the tower sparkles, with lots of lights blinking on and off from the bottom to the top. It was really nice to see.
It was another long, full day of sights and experiences. We will most likely sleep in a bit tomorrow. You can see all the pictures from the day on Flickr.
Since we didn't have any plans for this day, we decided to head back to Luxembourg Gardens so Zoe could play on the awesome playground. While she played, I went out to get everyone some drinks. I wound up grabbing some sort of lychee drink, which Zoe really enjoyed.
Although the playground was a lot of fun, Zoe is a social animal and she was getting frustrated as she tried to talk to a number of kids, but none of them understood her and she didn't understand them. Luckily, just at that time, a little girl who was Zoe's age, who had a younger brother showed up. They were originally from New Zealand, but are currently living in London. The two of them had fun running around for a while.
At one point the other girl asked Zoe how many kilograms she weighs. She didn't know, so we told her that she's about 20. The little girl then responded that she weighs 90 kilograms! I'm not sure I've ever met someone so dense. As the afternoon wore on, the little girl and her brother went home and Cheryl brought back some lunch. This included our first savory crepe and, you guessed it, more macaroons.
After we ate, and as we were on our way out of the gardens, we passed this set of green, metal swings. They were built to hold two children facing one another. A man ties the child to the seat and then the parent pushes the swing as hard as they possibly can. Cheryl started out pushing, but Zoe asked that I take over. I'm not sure how high she was going, but it seemed really high.
It was crazy. The swing was way over my head, but Zoe didn't seem to mind. Since we only had two more nights, we decided that we would go see the Eiffel Tower light up this night. The first lighting didn't happen until 10:00pm, so we had a ways to go. We took a short break back at the apartment and then went out to get some dinner, drinks, and snacks. A cafe near the tower looked good to us, so we made ourselves comfortable for about an hour. There was a dessert cart just across the way, and Zoe posed with it.
Once we were all filled up, we made our way to our vantage point of the tower, which was right across the river. It is hard to tell from the pictures, but the tower sparkles, with lots of lights blinking on and off from the bottom to the top. It was really nice to see.
It was another long, full day of sights and experiences. We will most likely sleep in a bit tomorrow. You can see all the pictures from the day on Flickr.
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