We all got together for breakfast this morning before heading out to the Arc de Triomphe. Thankfully we got there rather early so then lineup wasn’t that bad. We walked up to the top and took in the view. What I found super interesting is watching all of the traffic come into this chaotic round about. There seems to be twelve different lanes within the round about and there are eight different streets. It is an organized chaos even though there are no street signs or light, people somehow get to where they want to be with no incidences. I was fascinated watching the traffic go on by! Up at this vantage point I got a view of something that I wasn’t able to see from the view yesterday, the Eiffel Tower! What is a nice touch is that each of the major eight lanes that lead traffic in are lined with trees on either side for as long as I can see! It was built for the purpose of being a victory square, so soldiers could enter through its grand and exquisite arch when they arrived back home.
We continued down to the Champs Élysées and braced ourselves for the walk! The street was filled with so many high end shops. Vin made sure to point out the French luxury stores that Andrea and I have never heard before. I did recognize one store in particular, Louis Vuitton. We made our way to the Tulieries Garden. It was so much bigger than I had expected it it be, there were so many empty chairs out, since it was so darn cold there were not that many people out and about. On the other side there was even an arcade, filled with games, carnival food and rides too! We finally made out way to our destinations the Lourve! We decided beforehand that we did not want to go in since it would basically take up the rest of our day. Of course I had to do the typical tourist poses and I even got Vin to partake in the silliness with me! We then Walked by the Petit and Grand Palais, unfortunately I was not able to go inside the Grand Palace, but we did quickly go trough the collections and continued out walk around the neighbourhood.
Once our feet could no longer hold us up we headed out to go and meet up with Andrea’s friend Adele for crepes. We were able to find another place to go to that was actually open today! A super internet hint is that in this street there were SO many crepe restaurants. I am curious as to how all of them stay in business. These crepes are traditional and know from the Brittney ‘area’, I had my savoury crepe and apparently it is typical to have it made out of buckwheat. I had a really good crepe with white asparagus, tomatoes and cheese! And for dessert we all shared a delicious caramel apple crepe! After we finished up I suppose you could say that we suffered from a food coma, so we made it back to our hostel and slept it off.