Sunday morning, Laurie and I slept in a bit and had a relaxing morning of eating croissants, drinking coffee and watching a bit of Olympics coverage. At lunchtime, we hopped on the Metro and headed to Chinatown to see the New Year parade. Laurie is the master of the Paris Metro. I think I have now officially celebrated Chinese New Year more than any other holiday. We had lunch at a Thai restaurant, and I had morning glory with rice, yum!
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| Chinese new year parade |
After lunch, we watched the parade for a while, then Laurie headed home to finish up her project and for some much-deserved relaxation. I kept on exploring on foot. I went to the Eiffel tower, walked along the Seine and across to Champs d'Elysees and l'Arc de Triomphe.
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| The Eiffel tower...in case you didn't know what this is... |
On recommendation from my absurdly large France Lonely Planet Guide, I went and got a macaron at Ladurée. I lined up for about 20 minutes to purchase a single salted caramel macaron. It was worth it! Although, Carly's that she made for the cookie exchange were pretty darn good too. I will have to get lessons when I get home.
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| Arc de Triomphe |
I still had a lot of time until my night bus, so I kept wandering around the city. I stopped for dinner at a place near the Gare d'Est and made my way over to the Canal St. Martin. I remembered the canal from the movie Amelie, so I wanted to check it out. It was very quite and peaceful there at night.
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| Canal St Martin |
My bus left Paris at 11:00pm and arrive back in Geneva early at about 5:30am. I had two seats to myself on the bus, so I was able to get some sleep. What a great weekend!
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