One of the other au pairs and I have decided to start doing things we thought we would do while hear, but never got around to. Today we decided to do a walking tour in Paris. To make this possible, I had to catch the bus into Saint Germain after dropping the Kid off at school. I'd never caught this bus and wasn't sure if I'd make it, but everything worked out fine and Sara and I made it into Paris in great time. We stopped off at a small cafe for a coffee before taking our tour of the Ile de la Cite.
We both had heard of this company on our own but never managed to actually take a tour. We spent 2 hours walking around the island and learning about the history of the founding of Paris. We spent a good while at Notre Dame and also on much smaller buildings and monuments. It was a really well done tour and before we knew it, we were on the other island eating gelato and enjoying the extremely warm day. By 1pm, we were ready to head back home and try and avoid the extreme heat that is late afternoon in Paris.
My use of public transportation on the way home did not go as smoothly. The next bus was in over an hour and a half, so I hoofed it across town to catch the train. For some reason, the 2 trains to Saint Germain don't connect so I'm all too familiar with the 25 minute walk between them. I missed that train by 5 minutes, so I went to the local bar and bought a sparkling water for too much money, but it was worth it. Refreshing. I managed to grab the free shuttle from the train however, and I was very thankful to not make the climb up the hill. I got the Kid from school and took him to the pool. It was the place to be. Everyone was there enjoying some relief and I was happy to get him out of the house for a bit. It also makes the Mom happy when I get him up and moving. She will be out of town all week, so the rest of the night was just getting ready to be on my own all week and making sure I knew what was happening what day. No day this week is normal so it will be interesting to see if I can keep it all straight.
We both had heard of this company on our own but never managed to actually take a tour. We spent 2 hours walking around the island and learning about the history of the founding of Paris. We spent a good while at Notre Dame and also on much smaller buildings and monuments. It was a really well done tour and before we knew it, we were on the other island eating gelato and enjoying the extremely warm day. By 1pm, we were ready to head back home and try and avoid the extreme heat that is late afternoon in Paris.
My use of public transportation on the way home did not go as smoothly. The next bus was in over an hour and a half, so I hoofed it across town to catch the train. For some reason, the 2 trains to Saint Germain don't connect so I'm all too familiar with the 25 minute walk between them. I missed that train by 5 minutes, so I went to the local bar and bought a sparkling water for too much money, but it was worth it. Refreshing. I managed to grab the free shuttle from the train however, and I was very thankful to not make the climb up the hill. I got the Kid from school and took him to the pool. It was the place to be. Everyone was there enjoying some relief and I was happy to get him out of the house for a bit. It also makes the Mom happy when I get him up and moving. She will be out of town all week, so the rest of the night was just getting ready to be on my own all week and making sure I knew what was happening what day. No day this week is normal so it will be interesting to see if I can keep it all straight.
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