Squeezebox

Awoke relatively early and went to Rotonde de la Bastille, a cafe that had wireless internet access. Had their Formule Matin- cafe express and 3 mini pastries: croissant, pain au chocolate and a round roll with raisons. Couldn't get the airport to work, so gave up and went to Cybercube for a quick check. Found out I didn't have to do any more illustrations, so we were free to hop onto the Metro to the Louvre but only after arguing with another Metro ticket lady. As mentioned before ALL our our tickets got demagnetized- so we've been exchanging them as we go. This Metro clerk took my 2 tickets...tore one up and gave me 1 new one. At the same time, a little girl oozed over against me and essentially shoved me out of the ticket window. I had to ooze back and say "ParDON!" very forcefully then "MADAME!" to the clerk, who finally gave me a second ticket after trying to tell me no. I felt very Parisien-- which means I was a little snarky.

Spent several hours in the Louvre seeing many of the famous pieces. I loved the rooms with the Roman Mosaics.

Walked in the drizzly rain through the Tuileries and across Pont Alexandre III to Les Invalides. From there we wandered up Rue de Grenelles through a strange police blockade. They let us through, but they were asking where everyone was going. Shared a demi-pichet at Les Flores on the corner of Rue de Grenellls and Rue du Bac. Headed up Rue du Bac to the Metro and found our way back to the hotel.

In the evening, we went over to Judy and Bill's for a blini and then went to LEON, a moules and frites restaurant. We had pots of mussels and fries and it was delicious.