Joyeux Anniversaire à Paris

This weekend I joined Gail, Hannah, Naomi, and Hannah’s friend Tristan in Paris to celebrate Hannah’s 18th birthday. We saw so much in 2 days! On Saturday morning, we met at the Eiffel Tower (Naomi flew a paper airplane off the top!), had lunch at a café, then took the metro to l’Arc de Triomphe, and did some shopping on the Champs-Elysées, where we ate a wonderful Italian dinner. Then Hannah and Tristan and I went out for drinks at a place near the hotel. The next day, we spent the morning at the Louvre, had paninis at a sandwich shop, then made our way to Notre Dame. The girls did some souvenir shopping, but we couldn’t do much other shopping because it was a Sunday and nothing is open in France on Sundays! At dinner, I did my best to translate the menu for everyone, but somehow Gail ended up with a slab of uncooked ground beef and an uncooked egg! I explained to the waiter that she wanted something else and it was all good, but I’ll never forget the look on Gail’s face when the waiter brought that out! We toasted to Hannah with glasses of champagne, a wonderful end to the weekend. We stopped to get some gelato for dessert and took the metro back to the hotel just as it started to rain. I’m so thankful to have had this opportunity to see Paris with my family! Now I don’t feel quite so far from home. Thanks for a great weekend Aunt Gail and the girls!