After a bit of a late start, we grabbed some sandwichs and ate lunch in Luxembourg gardens before heading to the Rodin museum to see The Thinker. We were running short on time so ran by Invalides (Veterns) to see Napolean's Tomb, and stumbled across some sort of military ceremony going in in the main courtyard of the Invalides. Napoleon's Tomb was neat, but I wouldn't put it on the don't-miss list of Paris. My friends went to meet up with another friend, so Kara and I went up the Arc de Triomphe since she'd missed it the other day. We then went through this crazy pscyodelic 70's fun house on the Champs-Élysées (and kept the glasses!) and then rode the giant Ferris Wheel that was put up in Place de la Concorde, which gave some great views of Paris since it was a clear night.
We finished the day after meeting up with our friends again for dinner, at Les Editeurs. The food was quite good, but as typical of French service, we were chronically short of water. Unlike the US where it's a major faux pas to let anyone's glass run dry, you have to beg to get them to refill your water. They'll never do it on their own, you always have to ask, and to do that, you have to get their attention which is no small feat. I do miss American service quite a bit.
We ended the night watching French music videos on Youtube and finishing a bottle of Beaujolais so our friends would have good luck. The time flew by!
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