August 14, 2007
La Défense
In the mornings, Scott sometimes goes out to get a baguette or pain au chocolat to go with breakfast. Here is a picture of Notre Dame one morning as Scott walked home from the boulangerie (bakery). Our apartment is about 25 meters to the left of the picture.
Notre Dame and the SeineCaleb has been a really good baby. On Tuesday he was in an exceptionally good mood.
Happy Baby
Laughing babyWe rode line 1 of the metro all the way to the north-western end to La Défense. La Défense is a huge business district on the outskirts of Paris. It is where all the skyscrapers are located. The most famous landmark is the Arche de la Défense, which is an office building in the form of an arch. The arch is so big that the Notre Dame cathedral could fit underneath it.
Arche de la DéfenseHere are Tiffany, Brooke and Tyler at the top of the steps underneath the arch with the main plaza behind them. It was very windy since the arch acts like a wind tunnel.
La DéfenseWe paid to visit the top of the arch where there is a museum and a balcony. We rode to the top in these cool glass elevators.
Arch elevatorsHere are Scott and Caleb on the balcony of the arch. The view is down the Champs-Élysées, and if you look carefully you can see the Arc de Triomphe.
View from the ArchLa Défense has a huge shopping mall. First we bought advance purchase tickets for the Orsay to let us bypass the lines. Then Brooke and Tiffany bought nail polish at Sephora. We all had fun in Toys R Us. It was the nicest Toys R Us we have ever been in. Tyler especially liked the huge Eiffel Tower constructed out of Legos. He was happy he was wearing his "Lego" Eiffel Tower T-shirt.
Lego Eiffel TowerAfterwards, we shopped at a large grocery store called Auchan. We were thrilled to find they sold Scott's favorite kind of Belgian french fry sauce. We also bought chocolate covered Belgian waffles in addition to many other fun treats.
Posted by sjbowden at August 14, 2007 10:20 PM