We had reservations for lunch at a very fancy restaurant and needed to change out of our day clothes and into something nicer. We had our dress clothes in a backpack, but the museum didn't allow backpacks past security and had no external bathrooms. We finally managed to convince the security guard to let us bring the backpack in so we could change in the bathrooms. We made sure to pass him on the way out, and he finally understood our odd request and gave us an appreciative "ah!" on our way out.
We wandered over to Carre des Feuillants for one of the best meals ever. Some dishes included interesting ingredients such as sea urchin, squid ink, lavender marshmallows, and escargot. After lunch, we walked over to the Louvre to top off our cultural experiences of the day. We made our way in through the secret back entrance, avoiding all the lines. We visited the Venus de Milo, the Winged Victory, the Mona Lisa, and the crown jewels. On the way back to the Metro, we stopped by a special exhibit in a museum next door. The exhibit had many toys displayed, including an army of My Littly Pony dolls.
After a rest at the hotel, we ventured out again to find dinner. We decided that it would be a night of restaurant-hopping. We went to a restaurant around the corner from our hotel for an appetizer of fois gras. We then bought dinner crepes at our little crepe stand down the street. It was my first dinner crepe, and I had difficulty eating it without spilling egg out of the side of the crepe every 15 seconds. We finished the evening with creme brulee at a cute outdoor cafe. Our crazy energetic waiter tried joking with Marc in French, but the language barrier always makes jokes confusing and seems to lose them in translation.
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