Who is this masked beauty??
Since we have the whole Paris thing down and have had so much time to enjoy the city we don't feel we have to rush out the door everyday. Today after a bit of play and breakfast we packed our bags with snacks and made our way down the hill. Today we left (for the first time) in the rain. I was a bit worried that we'd get soaked considering the rain from the night before, but as we opened the gate to the street Duce the house cleaner pulled-up. She generously insisted on giving us a ride to the train station. It took us 3 minutes in her car. It's amazing how a couple of days without a "necessity" really helps you to remember to be grateful for the small things! I don't mind walking, but I'm really grateful I don't have a 30 minute one way bumpy stroller walk every time I want to go some where! I really appreciate having a car to zip around in. Even buckling car seats seem like a sweet pleasure now!
The Jacquemart-Andre Museum was an excellent museum for children. The Museum is the home of an upper-class French couple who had no children and spent their lives collecting art. When they died they willed their home to the state. The dining room has been made into a beautiful cafe. We had a great lunch and amazing dessert there. (It was similar to a pistachio macaroon with cream and raspberries in between.) It made it on Allison's "best of the best list". I thought it was really good, but I've enjoyed almost everything!
The museum had a wonderful activity station for kids. They had masks, shields, flags and coloring pages that children could decorate with markers, glitter, sequins, feathers and stickers, and amazing costumes to dress-up in. The girls loved it!! They decorated darling masks and absolutely loved dressing up in the fancy renaissance costumes.
The home had amazing furniture, art work and tapestries. Most of the home was left as it was when the Jacquemart-Andres lived there.
On the way home we stopped by a bakery that we had passed at lunch time. The line was out the door! We all got a pastry and bought a baguette for dinner. My éclair was nice, Kate's mini fruit tart was better. The baguette was crunchy on the outside and soft and airy on the inside. Just right!
Since we have the whole Paris thing down and have had so much time to enjoy the city we don't feel we have to rush out the door everyday. Today after a bit of play and breakfast we packed our bags with snacks and made our way down the hill. Today we left (for the first time) in the rain. I was a bit worried that we'd get soaked considering the rain from the night before, but as we opened the gate to the street Duce the house cleaner pulled-up. She generously insisted on giving us a ride to the train station. It took us 3 minutes in her car. It's amazing how a couple of days without a "necessity" really helps you to remember to be grateful for the small things! I don't mind walking, but I'm really grateful I don't have a 30 minute one way bumpy stroller walk every time I want to go some where! I really appreciate having a car to zip around in. Even buckling car seats seem like a sweet pleasure now!
The Jacquemart-Andre Museum was an excellent museum for children. The Museum is the home of an upper-class French couple who had no children and spent their lives collecting art. When they died they willed their home to the state. The dining room has been made into a beautiful cafe. We had a great lunch and amazing dessert there. (It was similar to a pistachio macaroon with cream and raspberries in between.) It made it on Allison's "best of the best list". I thought it was really good, but I've enjoyed almost everything!
The museum had a wonderful activity station for kids. They had masks, shields, flags and coloring pages that children could decorate with markers, glitter, sequins, feathers and stickers, and amazing costumes to dress-up in. The girls loved it!! They decorated darling masks and absolutely loved dressing up in the fancy renaissance costumes.
The home had amazing furniture, art work and tapestries. Most of the home was left as it was when the Jacquemart-Andres lived there.
On the way home we stopped by a bakery that we had passed at lunch time. The line was out the door! We all got a pastry and bought a baguette for dinner. My éclair was nice, Kate's mini fruit tart was better. The baguette was crunchy on the outside and soft and airy on the inside. Just right!
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