Our last day in Paris dawned dry with the hope of sunshine. As we had the room until noon and Chet still felt poorly, we stayed in our room, had breakfast, and watched French daytime television (including a really funny take on Candid Camera called "Gags pour rire" (gags for a laugh)). After we checked out of our room, we spent some time on the computer in the lobby checking Chet in for his flight home and organizing ourselves. Then it was out for our last day.
Chet wanted to make a last trip to his favorite viennoiserie to buy three chocolate almond pastries (one for here, one for the plane, and one for home) and to get a baguette. They weren't his favorite, but they would do. Then we wandered around the neighborhood some more, went down toward the Jardin du Luxembourg for a last visit and stopped off at the rose shop on the way, where we got rose sirop and rose tisane. Very nice.
The Jardin was beautiful. All of Paris turned out for the lovely October day - sunshine at last, for the weekend! There were young families, and we got to see a patch of grass that was actually authorized for playing on - unlike most which is "interdit" or forbidden. Very funny. But also nice, as it does mean that it's very pretty for everyone to enjoy. Lots of sailboats in the fountain that day, as well, with children following along the edges, poles in hand. Really, this was one of our favorite spots in the city.
We wandered back to the hotel via a different route (GPS girl's mechanism still working), got to approach our hotel from a different angle and also travel some different neighborhoods. Which was rather nice. After collecting our luggage, we went back to Cafe du Metro for an early dinner and to say good-bye to Emilie. By far the most friendly of the wait persons we encountered in a city full of them.
We caught the Metro at San Sulpice, right outside the cafe, and had a direct line back up to the Gare du Nord. Back on the Eurostar for the train back to Waterloo, then onto a local train to Twickenham, where Jonathan met us. At the end of a wonderful French adventure.
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