Scottish Adventures: on being parisian: last day in paris

Writing all these blogs is making me miss Paris. It was a lovely city. So our last day in Paris, we started the day eating breakfast at the same cafe we'd gone to the day before where Katie and Mom had grand cremes. This time we also got eggs and croissants. Delish! After that we went to see some of Sorbonne University. It didn't even seem like a uni to me, at least the part we saw. All of the buildings were so grand and majestic! It would be awesome to have a class there. Edinburgh has some pretty buildings, but I felt like all of Sorbonne was outstanding architecturely. Then we went to Luxembourg Gardens for a little rest and to figure out what we were going to do for lunch because we wanted to do it like the Parisians: fruit, cheese, baguette. But we didn't see any grocers along our journey there. We spent some time soaking in the sun and I avoided kicking the pigeons [that is one bird I really hate haha]. Then we left to attempt to find a grocer and praise the Lord we did! We got two different cheeses; I don't remember the names, but one was way better than the other. The other one was quite pungent. Apparently you are supposed to let it air before eating...so it got somewhat better upon sitting out. We ate our meal in this grassy area in the gardens where there were a bunch of college kids hanging out too. So French. After that we went to Sacre Coeur which reminded me of the Taj Mahal, even though I've never actually seen the Taj Mahal in real life. It was all white and situated on top of this hill. It unfortunately seemed like quite a tourist trap, which kind of took away from the fact that it is a sacred building/church? There were loads of people and there were hawkers and people putting on performances on the steps. There was even a double decked carousel! Craziness. It was a really gorgeous building despite all that! After going inside and walking around to see this square that had a bunch of painters, we walked to see Moulin Rouge. It is on the same sketchy street we got lost on that one night, but this time we were going during the day...and it was still really sketchy. So we did that side trip as quickly as possible. We were meeting a work friend of Katie's for dinner at this classic French restaurant so we went to meet her and her boyfriend to wait in line there. They don't take reservations and it's a really popular place. I don't remember the name, but it was really a cool place! It was really big and quite noisy because there were so many people in there. The architecture was again, outstanding. I feel like all of Europe has amazing buildings and such. I tried escargot there! Katie got it as an appetizer. I made her dig it out of the shell because it kind of grossed me out, but taste wise, it really just tasted like the garlic and butter it was soaked in or whatever. It was really chewy, too. My main meal wasn't French....spaghetti bolognese, but it was really tasty. I had some of Mom's duck and that was fantastic, kinda wish I'd picked that! Ha. Katie and I split a ice cream and cooked plum thing for dessert. That too was yummy! We didn't do much after dinner, but went back to our hotel to pack up and such because once again our departing train back to London left really early! Surprisingly, I liked Paris more than I liked London. I'm not really sure why, but probably partly because we had more time in Paris so we weren't as rushed. I'm also a big fan of the bakeries with cheap, yummy bread and pastries EVERYWHERE. London can't compete with that. Ha. I wish I had been able to explore more of London like going to see Abbey Road and such, but it's all good. I still really liked London; I just liked Paris a little more! =)