Wednesday was another day filled with amazing and fascinating adventures. It just blows my mind how much there is to see and do in this city. After a quick glimpse into the life and culture of the Saint Germain and Saint Michel area, we decided we had to go back to explore some more.
We got out of class early enough to plan a little "picnic" in the Luxembourg Gardens. We picked up two little flatbread pizzas covered with tomatoes, olives and arugula. The six of us lined up our chairs along the garden to eat and enjoy the view. On our way out we just so happened to run into Cara's family friends again- how ironic? And they gave us this amazing map book of the city... our new bible.
From the gardens we walked to the famous Café de Flore for their specialty hot chocolate. The hot chocolate here is not your typical, American, watered down hot chocolate, it is real hot chocolate that tastes more like a melted chocolate bar.
We used our new bible to take Rue de Seine all the way to the Seine to find the Lovers Lock Bridge. Luckily, we found the exact bridge we were looking for. For those of you who are not familiar with the Lovers Lock Bridge, it is a bridge over the Seine that has thousands and thousands of locks on it. Couples from all over the world visit the bridge to hang their lock with their names, initials, anniversaries, etc. You then throw the key to the lock over the edge and into the Seine. Since Ron and Alex (Cara's beau) were not with us to partake in this lovely (you might say... cheesy) tradition, we decided to do it ourselves.
The off to the The Smith's Bakery for a little something sweet.
We got out of class early enough to plan a little "picnic" in the Luxembourg Gardens. We picked up two little flatbread pizzas covered with tomatoes, olives and arugula. The six of us lined up our chairs along the garden to eat and enjoy the view. On our way out we just so happened to run into Cara's family friends again- how ironic? And they gave us this amazing map book of the city... our new bible.
From the gardens we walked to the famous Café de Flore for their specialty hot chocolate. The hot chocolate here is not your typical, American, watered down hot chocolate, it is real hot chocolate that tastes more like a melted chocolate bar.
We used our new bible to take Rue de Seine all the way to the Seine to find the Lovers Lock Bridge. Luckily, we found the exact bridge we were looking for. For those of you who are not familiar with the Lovers Lock Bridge, it is a bridge over the Seine that has thousands and thousands of locks on it. Couples from all over the world visit the bridge to hang their lock with their names, initials, anniversaries, etc. You then throw the key to the lock over the edge and into the Seine. Since Ron and Alex (Cara's beau) were not with us to partake in this lovely (you might say... cheesy) tradition, we decided to do it ourselves.
The off to the The Smith's Bakery for a little something sweet.
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