BONJOUR, MONSEIUR
Today, we actually got the day off from filming and my colleague Paul and I started sightseeing at 9:30 and didn’t sit down until 7:30pm with one hour for lunch. We visited the Rodin Museum and got some poignant pointers from the Thinker. We then visited the Champ de Mars and enjoyed knowing that we weren’t going to stand in line to go to the top of the Eiffel Tower. All but one of the lifts was out of service so hundreds and hundreds of people were waiting in line to use the one working elevator. Paul has a sickness for souvenir stores so we visited way too many of them. I kept looking for a tasteful children’s store to get something for my son and finally found a whimsical airplane made from a gourd. I’ll hang it over his crib so he can dream of flying when he gets older.
I can’t tell you how good it felt to sit down after so many hours of walking. But with a quick shower, we were back out on the town to eat dinner with our other colleague, Christian. Christian has rented a bike for 1.70 euros a day!!! It’s a system they have set up in Paris where there are electronic bike racks with bikes set up all over the city. And every 30 minutes you have to find a bike rack and lock the bike. Then you can go to another bike and use your same 1.70 euro-a-day bike card and take another bike and continue your journey. He absolutely loved it so thought I’d pass on the tip.
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