Paris day 2

Today we started out not in Paris, but instead drove north toward Normandy (where the English touched down in their liberation of France during the Second World War) and went to the small town of Giverny where the painter Claude Monet lived and painted for over 30 years. We went to see his house, but also and most importantly the gardens of his house which were his inspiration for most of the paintings he's done. Monet was one of the most important impressionist painters, but I don't like impressionism that much. I like the Dutch painters much more because they are a lot more detailed in their painting. Impressionists like Monet paint things really fuzzy-like, and I don't like it as much.

Monet's Garden is about 45 min from Paris. It is so nice to see the garden and the water lilies...I want to live in a house like that...I got an illegal pic of the kitchen...HeHeHe

The water lilies and Chinese bridge are so cool. Then we went to the Restaurant there and got some REALLY good lunch then went back to Paris.

When we got back in to Paris we went to the Louvre again and looked at the sculptures that we had missed before. It was much quieter in there this time, since we went in on Friday night. We got some street crepes from a place that my Aunt knows (she has been to Paris a lot) and she was right...the street crepes and much better than the restaurant ones we got yesterday....I wonder why that is? Well, I won't question it, I'll just enjoy it!

Late in the evening (around 11pm) we went to the Eiffel tower and went up to the second level. The view is so cool from up there...and it was sparkling...it does it every hour. Finally we went back to our hotel (but not before getting lost in Paris for a good hour on the way back). When we got back to the hotel, we pulled into the parking garage, but felt like something was fishy. There was a car in the garage with its window smashed in and an alarm going off. We didn't know where else to park, so we took everything out of the car and went upstairs to tell the hotel desk that there was a problem in the garage and that they should call the police. I'll save the rest of the story for tomorrow! Tonight I'll leave you with all the beautiful photos taken from today!