Last Day in Paris :(

Well, today was our last day in the most beautiful city in the world! I am staying

for a month next time. We visited the Luxembourg Gardens today -

bought
some baguette sandwiches and had a picnic in the park near the large fountain
along with about 100 Parisians and other tourists. They really love their parks here -
it is so nice to see
people out enjoying their parks. We stayed in the park for about

2 hours then headed to the Pantheon.

WOW, the Pantheon in Paris is much more
interesting than the Panthe on in Rome and much larger.

There is even a crypt
underneath it which we visited where many famous people are buried:
Alexander Dumas, Victor Hugo, Voltaire, Rousseau, Pierre and Marie Curie
and others. It is also right next to the Sorbonne so there are lots of students
everywhere. After this we needed our afternoon petite cafe so we headed
back to the park where there were 2 little cafes - we sat and had our cafes
and the philharmonic orchestra was playing in the park. How wonderful is that?

What a lovely relaxing day we had!!

Went back to the apartment to get a little rest in before heading out for a
shopping spree and one last trip to the Eiffel Tower.
OK, time to go shopping in Paris. Went to Les Halles and it was crazy, being it was Friday night. Didn't buy much, fashion is tres expensive here in the fashion capital.
Just heard about this impromptu dinner that happened last night on the
Place du Concorde with 10,000 Parisians. Here is the link:

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-269997

Took the metro to the Eiffel Tower and it was packed. Dan wanted to
climb to the top but I stayed down in the Gardens and waited.
Even with the line it only took him 1 1/2 hours to get to the top,
take pictures and climb down. He took the stairs to the 2nd level
and then you take the elevator to the top. He said it was twice as
many stairs as the Arc de Triomphe so I am that I didn't try it.
I would have had an asthma attack - damn asthma!!!!
It was a beautiful evening in the park!!!
We went back to the cafe that we had eaten in last
week on our first trip to Paris for the French Open
right on the Seine with a view of the Eiffel tower.
It was a magical last night in Paris. We sat there and had
our meal UNDER THE EIFFEL TOWER!!!!
How cool is that?











We took the metro back to St Michel (our stop)
and visited our neighborhood crepe place.
Both cousins were there and so was Johnny's
family so we took a family snapshot.
They would not even let us pay for the
crepes tonight so I gave the money to the
oldest daughter. She was thrilled!!!
Off to bed - busy day
tomorrow traveling
to the UK!!