Darcy's Paris Blog

Mike arrives!

Today was fantastic. I took today off, since I knew Mike was coming into town today, and by the time I drive from the airport to the apartment and to the office, I’ve killed a few hours. Plus getting him the keys and telling him how to get to the apartment is non-obvious. When he came out the tunnel at baggage claim, he looked pretty tired, which made sense when he said he hardly slept at all on the way over. He napped for a bit when we got back to the apartment, then we headed out to meet Sally and Lynn at the Musee d’Orsay at 3:30. They’d planned to do it today, and since it’s something that Mike needs to see here and they’ve got a temporary Cezanne-Pissarro exhibit I want to see, it sounded like a good plan. They paid – they insisted – and we spent hours in the museum until they kicked us out at about 5:45. Mike loved the impressionist works – he really likes Monet & Co. – and they really are wonderful in this museum. Good thing we hit all the must-sees first!

When we got out, Lynn and Mike said that I had 20 minutes before they had a beer in hand. Apparently I was appointed cruise ship director and was supposed to come up with the dinner plan. We had two choices – stick around the left bank, or head back towards my apartment, which Lynn & Sally wanted to see. We chose the latter, but that meant that it was an hour until they had a beer. Oh, well, c’est la vie – things just take longer here. By 7:00 we went to my favorite Italian restaurant, La Rughetta, but they didn’t open for another half hour, so we went around the corner to a little pub. We did eventually end up at an outside table at La Rughetta, then we walked back to my apartment for Lynn and Sally to see it. They loved it. So glad I took today off!

posted by Darcy @ 10:35 PM