Le Poisson, Le Poisson, How I Love Le Poisson

We took our first full day in Paris pretty easy, mostly because we really had to wash clothes. In the morning we had a croissant from a local bakery then had coffee at a nearby cafe. After breakfast we went back to the hotel to start washing clothes. Luckily there was a washer and dryer in the hotel. While the clothes were washing, we decided to do a leisurely walk through the area near our hotel. Turns out, Notre Dame was close by, so we just walked around that for a while. Very impressive. Very gothic. And the front is now very clean. We grabbed some lunch at a nearby bakery, Melissa using every bit of high school French she could remember. When we got back to the hotel we had a bit of bad luck. The clothes were still in the wash. Ugh. I moved them to the dryer and then we decided to hit a museum. I wanted something that wouldn't use a day on the Museum Pass so we hit the Marmottan museum. It's mostly a Monet museum with a very other things. The basement is all Monet and was very cool. We saw some of his early sketches and his Impression:Sunrise. Awesome. On the walk back we walked through a park that was full of children at play. Very peaceful. Once back at the hotel, I moved the second load to the dryer, and we went to dinner at the Italian place just two door down from the hotel. Another long leisurely French dinner began. I love long dinners with appetizers, wine, and dessert. Melissa and I split a bottle of wine. After dinner, we used the hotel cafe for a little Internet and then went to bed.