Day Five

We didn’t get up and out until almost noon. We figured we’d eat before we got to the Louvre so we found a nice restaurant for brunch. Apparently they don’t have much of a breakfast type meal or lunch at this restaurant, so we had full on dinners. I had salmon and mashed potatoes and Tamara had come scallop meal while Johnny had oysters (again) and sole (for the fifth time, really). We started bickering once again (I know, it’s bad) because he made some comment about retaining water and Tamara asked a question that I answered, but Johnny apparently didn’t agree with my answer. Of course! You would think he purposely disagrees. I forget what he was even saying mostly because it was wrong. Now I’m not saying that I’m always right because often, I’m not! But he thinks that just because he used to work out with a “professional body builder” four years ago, he knows all there is to know about how the body functions. Hello! I’m a geek! Physiology, my favorite class ever! Sigh. Whatever Johnny. You are soooo smart!

Anyway, sorry. Where was I. Oh, the Louvre. Um, boring. I mean, there’s HUGE paintings that are like 20x30 feet and that’s awesome! And the statues are pretty, but when you’ve been walking through the place for four hours, everything starts to look the same! Johnny rented a “tour guide,” which was a handheld PDA type thing that explained selected art pieces. So the only part I really did enjoy was actually sitting there and hearing about a few different paintings. Um, the Mona Lisa? A MILLION people crowded around this itty bitty painting and I’m sure NO ONE knows WHY it’s so unique. I came to realize that places like the Louvre and balloon rides… I’ve always wanted to go because, well, who doesn’t? It’s famous and romantic and blah blah blah but honestly, I’m done going places and seeing things and doing things just because the whole world has hyped it up to be so amazing. It’s not that I don’t appreciate these things, but I really wasn’t interested =/ I hope that doesn’t sound bad. Maybe I just realized (again) that I’m really OK with enjoying the simple things in life.

We walked back to the hotel, stopping to shop along the way, had our last dinner together in Paris, and headed back to the room. We stopped to get one last crepe, which gave all of us stomach aches. Johnny and Tamara got ready to go to Moulin Rouge and I got ready to do homework. =/ It was a long night, but I would have rather been doing homework than at another Burlesque show, that’s for sure!!