Squeezebox

Met at Judy and BIll's apartment for a coffee and a quick email check on the borrowed wi-fi.

Walked down Henri IV to Ile St. Louis and window shopped and then went to Notre Dame on Ile de la Cite. Gawked at the architecture and the sculptures and stained glass.

On to a bizarre little section of town that Bill calls "the Greek street." It's a small block of passages and streets that's almost all Greek and Tunisian and Moroccan restaurants. Each restaurant has a person out front practically begging passerbys to "eat here-- you can have a free cocktail. It's very good" Even the french restaurants in this part of town have a front door hawker. We ended up going to a greek place called Acropolis on rue Xavier Privas. I had a dolmades, lemon chicken and the worst piece of baclava I've ever eaten! Other than that, it was a charming little place-- on a street of charming little places. All the greek restaurants in this area display all of their meats and fish in their windows.

After lunch we walked down la Rive Gauche looking at the stalls and the riverboats on the Seine. Went to the Musee D'Orsay and wandered through the fabulous rooms looking at the Impressionist and postimpressionist works.

After the museum we wandered towards St. Germaine and had a coffee at Le Solferino-- a brasserie on rue de Solferino.

Onto the metro and home.

Had a bowl of onion soup at Bistrot des Vosges and then went to Fauchon- a fabulous take-away/patisserie/wine shop. We bought 2 beautiful pastries and a bottle of Cotes de Blaye.

Tomorrow we will visit the Louvre and the Tuileries.