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Escalators and Mongolian music
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After our busy
morning in the Jardins du Luxembourg we took an extra-long nap in
our comfy apartment. Then in the late afternoon we headed off across
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We didn't
have much time before dinner, so the plan was to ride up the exterior
escalators
(we love
escalators!) in the glass tubes for a view out over the city.
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When we arrived in the plaza, some men were playing
traditional Mongolian music. They made very odd noises with their
throats which sounded like some of our toys when the batteries are
very low. We were fascinated with the noises these men can make!
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(If we made noises like that Mummy & Daddy would not
be happy!) |
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After one song Mummy gave Jeremy some Euros to put in
the men’s donation case. |
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Alex then asked to
do the same. He marched up to the case, and stood
politely throughout the next song.
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Even when two of the musicians stepped forward to
make particularly odd noises, Alex was not in the least bit
intimidated. He waited until the song was over, then dropped his
coins in the case and said "mousie" (merci).
The
Mongolian Men gave Alex a very nice bow. |
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Inside the
Centre Pompidou we rode up the escalators. We LOVED that.
Jeremy kept
asking "More escalator? More escalator?" And there always seemed
to be one more.
At the very
top we looked out over Paris with Stella.
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got to ride back down again! |
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Back in the apartment Mummy made us a special dinner
of pasta and French sausage. YUMMY! |
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We got to take a
bath with Stella tonight, because the Big People have Big Plans for
tonight, so time was short. |
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Daddy’s
friend Vanina Marsot came over to stay with us after we'd gone to bed so
that Mummy, Daddy, Granny,
Grandpa,
and Aunt Harriet could go out for a special dinner to celebrate Granny’s
birthday. Granny’s actual birthday
is not
until December, but just like the Queen she is having a separate
"official" birthday. Since we can't all be
together in
December, our trip to Paris is part of the official celebration.
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After Vanina arrived and we had gone to bed,
everyone else set off by metro for the Restaurant Atelier Maitre
Albert, near Maubert Mutualité. (You know a restaurant is special
when it is called an "Atelier".) They told us the next morning that
they had an AMAZING meal. |
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They said
it was a very magical evening and they had a wonderful time.
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After the dinner, Mummy & Daddy walked back to the
apartment alone, holding hands. It was a beautiful evening for a
late-night stroll across Paris. |
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When they got home they had a long chat with Vanina,
who lives just two blocks from where we are staying and who just got
back on Monday evening from a vacation in Jordan and Turkey. |
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Tomorrow morning we are going to the Eiffel Tower. We are VERY
excited! |
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"I missed you Eiffel Tower!"
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One morning we emerged from the métro at Trocadero.
As we came
around the corner of the Palais de Chaillot there it was:
the Tour
Eiffel, soaring into the early morning mists of a Parisian autumn.
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Jeremy
was so excited he could hardly believe it.
He ran
back and forth exclaiming over and over again: "I missed you Eiffel
Tower" – meaning he had been waiting for this moment and couldn't
believe that he was really seeing the Eiffel Tower. |
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Alex was
every bit as excited, and soon found a dangerous ledge to climb up
on from which he could get a better view of the Tour. |
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We rode the
red elevator up the north leg of the tower to the first level platform
where we
could run around and look out over all of Paris.
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It’s a big tower, but it’s a small world: we ran into
our little pals Kai and Jaymin and their Mummy & Daddy (Lynn & Dave)
from back home in Aspen! |
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 The
best way to celebrate a trip up the Eiffel
Tower is with individual packets of crisps from the small café on
the viewing platform!
Alex
thinks his new hero might be Monsieur Eiffel – Mr. Eiffel built an amazing
tower, with red and yellow double-decker elevator cabs which ride at
an angle up the legs of the tower, and he included HUGE slow-moving
wheels and many cables to power the elevators. He included
everything which fascinates little boys like Alex!
Hooray
for Monsieur Eiffel! |
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