Pre-Trip Plans: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15PURwzTCTb23TWgODY6c0yfwp8AiPpl18wAvZAzNjEg/edit?usp=sharing
That’s awesome!! Have fun!
Mmm… croissants 
I seriously cannot wait
I love going places but I hate flying commercial. How can one get private plane rich? It’s really just how they treat people that bothers me the most.
Wheels on ground. Soon there will be French food!
Yay! Will there be French toast? 
Getting around and walking really helps with the jet lag. We walked 41 min to crepes which were delightful.
Then the girls went for a glass of champagne and rented the Lime bikes back while mom and I did the Frommers Montmartre walk which mostly kept us out of the tourist area. Sacre Coure was packed. Got my picture and got out of there but the rest of the was peaceful and wonderful and so I recommend it.
Note the dog sitting in a window people watching the streets of montmartre. What a life!
Cute 
And the jet lag has hit. I’m not very good at photos but I enjoyed the circus/acrobatic acts at Moulin Rouge more so than the showgirl dancing which is a lot of parading around and not a whole lot of dancing. But adoring the movie it’s nice to be in the historical theater.
The coq au vin, Mac and cheese (more of a Parmesan cream sauce) and fries at Le Coq and Fils in Montmartre was excellent and the VIP champagne and seats were nice in Moulin Rouge. I’d recommend both.
You weren’t allowed to take photos in the theater. Now I’m on my second coffee at a cafe by our apartment which is gorgeous. I’ll get some photos later. They put up gold balloons and streamers and happy birthday letters for DD and the cake looks amazing. There was a bottle of champagne for that as well and then a gift basket with Bordeaux wine and some madeleines and cookies.
Fun facts I’ve learned. All shows at Moulin Rouge start with F. Moulin Rouge can can dancers originally did not wear any draws, hence the allure of the high kicks for a peekaboo sitch.
This story cracked me up. “ The writer Roland Dorgelès had had enough of “Picasso’s band” from the Bateau Lavoir and decided to play a trick on them: He tied a paintbrush to the end of Frédé’s donkey, Lolo, and let him slop paint over a canvas. Dorgelès then entered the painting, which he titled And the Sun Set Over the Adriatic , in the Salon des Independants, a major art show in Paris. The critics loved it—until they found out who really painted it, and a scandal ensued.”
