We had a visit from Auntie Sara, or “Auntie Sa” as Miles calls her!
Sara arrived late Friday night and it was fabulous to meet her at CDG airport! Sara brought the nice, hot weather. It’s been 80 degrees. Luckily, we have our own personal drain inspector and water fountain spotter and Miles kept us hydrated.
Miles and Sara got re-acquainted quickly, and Sara invented many new games such as “Don’t fall off the edge lego car” = “No fall edge, ahhhhh!” and “these stairs, those stairs”. We also put on some CDs and had a dance party = “dance par”…
Saturday we headed out to see the Moulin Rouge, Sacre Coeur, et le Tour Eiffel. Had a nice stroller nap/brunch at a restaurant on the hill in Montmartre.
On Sunday we again strolled to Miles’s favorite gardens, the Luxembourg gardens. Miles got to feed the ducks, pet ponies, and hang out at the playground. While Miles stroller napped, we took a nice leisurely walk to Musee D’Orsay, and AGAIN, if you have a stroller, you get to jump the line, cut the queue and get right in! Miles was great in the museum. He was quite observant with the statues: a boy playing the lyre was “play tar” = play guitar, a hooded peasant had bare “feet, hands”, and a little boy with a dog had “nose, ears, touch doggie”… He also surprised me with several paintings, pointing out elephants and camels in the Orient wing. In a Greek painting of a naked woman with a pitcher, I thought for sure Miles would say that she was taking a bath, but instead he said “pour, pour”! After the museum we hit the Tulleries again for some garden time and late lunch. Miles discovered he liked blackberry sorbet and caramel ice cream!
Today we took advantage of two hidden secrets by the Cathedral of Notre Dame. Miles go to play in the sandbox in the shadow of some flying buttresses, and ride bouncy spring bunnies under the Rosetta windows while Auntie Sa had a look around. We had a nice stroller nap/lunch (duck confit, roquette ravioli, salade) and then hit up Le Place des Vosages, Paris’s oldest planned city square…
Sara is flying out tonight, and we really enjoyed her visit! Miss you!!
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