Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

     Wow, snow knows how to fall here. We woke up this morning to the swirling, wet kind of snow that, no matter how hard you try, you cannot protect yourself from. But aside from being wet and cold, the snow was gorgeous :) 

     Because the internet at our hotel is working at dial-up speed, I'm not going to attempt to upload any pictures for now. We walked from our hotel this morning over to the area where I went to school in Paris. We got breakfast at a boulangerie and I successfully ordered in French. Usually, when French people can tell you're American, they respond to your French in English (because a majority of them can speak it), so to accomplish this was pretty exciting! Then, we walked down Boulevard Saint Michel and did some shopping that ended at Shakespeare & Co. We found some treasures, but my favorite find was a children's book called the ABC's of Rock. Look it up. It featured a different classic rock band for every letter of the alphabet...it was pretty sweet.

     After that, we walked to Notre Dame then took the Metro to the Louvre. When getting on the train, Janis got stuck in the door. Out of all the times I've ridden the Metro, first time I've seen that happen! Because of the weather and it being Saturday, it was crazy crowded so we didn't end up staying for long. Once we had had our share of the crowds, we went to Angelina. I have been dying to go to this place since I first studied in Paris three years ago. For those of you that don't know, Angelina supposedly has the best chocolate chaud (hot chocolate) in the world. Well, we found out after waiting for 30 minutes just to get in the door, that the rumors are true. It was undescribably delicious (and the regular food was amazing as well). In Europe, they tend to not sweeten their hot chocolate. It was almost like drinking a melted semi-sweet chocolate bar. And they don't just bring a mug of it...they bring an entire mini-pitcher.

     Once we had eaten so much that we could barely walk, we decided that it was cold enough we should spend the rest of the day indoors. We took the metro to Les Halles, which is a huge American-type mall and did some shopping for the rest of the afternoon. On the way home, we stopped by my favorite crêpe place in all of Paris to get paninis for dinner. We're exhausted but it was a great day :)