Bonjour! It s Monday am and we are about to depart for Normandie ! It s been a fabulous trip to Paris. The kids have been marvelous, we have been on the go the whole time! Yesterday we got up and went on the bus for a grand tour of Paris then on to Notr Dame (Palm Sunday) and had lunch -fast food stlye- crepes and sandwiches ......

Karla is standing here right now...I asked her her favorite part of yesterday, she said it was the Eiffel Tour, and then said "but that s so cliché!" But it s true, they LOVED it!

Ok, back to yesterday.... we are masters of the metro; you would be so proud of your kids, the are truly experts and will be able to guide you around the world on any subway! We probably took 15 trains in just a couple of days! Well; we headed over to the Louvre, and saw everything and then some.... Roman and Greek sculpture (venus de milo) of course the Mona Lisa (la Joconde) and yes she s small...we also saw 3 other da Vinci paintings near Mona, including Virgin on the Rocks... we saw French paintings as well. A couple of us scurried up through the Tuilerie gardens to the Orangerie to see Monet s murals....fantastique! Home to freshen up and back out to dinner, in a lovely restaurant with ggreat food and atmosphere, chicken brochettes and little pots de chocolat for dessert ( with Madeleine cookies) and tiny cafes...miam miam! And then on to the Tour Eiffel which was sparkly and amazing!

ok, the technology is crazy and the keyboard all mixed up... I ll do my best to keep up the blog.
Everybody is happy and we on our way to Normandie!
Martha