It was a pretty quiet day for us. We went to the American Church in Paris and were treated to some great Gospel Music courtesy of the Gospel Choir of the Charleston SC Symphony Orchestra. Amazing Grace and more. They had the congregation out of their seats and clapping along. In the last 2 weeks, there has been some amazing music at that church. And the congregation includes all kinds of people, so that is also pretty interesting. We have had a couple of people introduce themselves, and Debbie has gone on Fridays to help prepare a meal for the needy (the feeding is not open to all - you have to sign up ahead, and then you get to go. About 60 people are fed.)
After church, we went over to Hotel des Invalides (below). This is a multi-function facility. It was originally built as a veterans hospital before the revolution. Today, it is still a working hospital, but it also is the main military museum in Paris. There is also a church (St Louis des Invalides), with a golden dome that covers Napolean's tomb. You are able to walk around the place and church at no cost, and Debbie was not too interested in the military museum (as was also the case when we came with the girls years ago). It wasn't a very nice day, so we just headed home afterwards for the afternoon. It seems like you should fill whatever free time you have with sight-seeing, but today we just hung out in the apartment. It is a bit exhausting being a tourist for 2 months straight!
We picked up a thon crudite sandwich (tuna with fixings) on the way home and went out for dinner. Another strange thing is trying to figure out what you will do for each meal. We do cook in some, but it is a pain to get groceries more than a day or so ahead (and our refrigerator is too small to handle much). I would just as soon go out usually. But then you must determine where and what for each meal (also a pain). I know this sounds crazy, but we haven't developed any really regular favorite places (plus you feel like you need to keep trying more since there are so many options). When we are in Tucson, we probably have about half dozen places we frequent. We need to find these places in Paris. So far, all our favorites have not been in our neighborhood. Yes, I know that no one feels sorry for us. Tonight we returned to a place we went once before - Loup Blanc (white wolf). It is good, but not so good or such a variety that we need to continue to go. The picture below is why I don't let Debbie take many pictures - but she laughted so hard at it, I thought others might enjoy!
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