Today my best friend from college came to visit for a few hours during her long layover at CDG. Her flight got in at 5:50am, so even with the delay of leaving the airport and the hour long RER ride, she was at our apartment around 7:15 or so. The boulangerie near us is open that early even on Saturdays, so we could welcome her with some croissants and pain au chocolate.
We then headed to Notre Dame which she'd never been to. Afterwards Sainte Chapelle was opening (and right close by) so I visited that yet again, and then at that point the Notre Dame towers were open. I'd been wanting to go up the entire time we were here, so we got in the line that already formed and waited about 30 minutes to go up. The views at the top were really cool, with the best part of it being all the chimera and gargoyles (gargoyles are specifically used to drain away rain water) that you can see close up. It's not too many steps (at least compared to the Eiffel tower). Then we stopped by Pierre Hermé to pick up some macaroons, and then had lunch at Cafe Cassette where she had to leave to catch the train back to the airport. Not bad for a few hours worth of Paris!
I was utterly exhausted so took a nap for a while, before heading back out to walk around a bit and finally check out Le Bon Marché which was one of the first department stores in the world. It literally means "The Good Store/Buy" but can also be thought of as "Good Bargain". It wasn't particularly neat other than being famous for being an early department store, but it's one of those little things I was glad I was able to do by living in Paris.
Then we finished the night with more wine and cheese, since we only have a few days left of that!
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