Monday, Monday, so good to us.

All set for another day! On the 1 line, there are often bands that play in the metro stations. This one was exceptionally good! They had an upbeat Spanish sound and harmonized fabulously together. Mom was slightly horrified to see that I had been wearing tennis shoes with my skirts for a few weeks. She insisted that I buy a new pair of black shoes before we went anywhere else, haha. Next, I took her to the Musée du Moyen Age – Middle Ages Museum – to see the Unicorn Tapestry Series, the oldest intact series in the world. It portrays the five senses and a lot of symbolism with a princess, unicorn, and monkey. It’s quite beautiful. The funny thing is, that when we were at the Old Spaghetti Factory in Salt Lake a few months after getting back, I looked at the wall as we sat down and gasped as I saw a replica of one of the unicorn tapestries! Imagine that! In our very own Salt Lake City.
Well, after that, I took mom to the Sorbonne campus and begged the guards to let mom just step in for a look, but for security reasons they don’t allow anyone but students, so we walked the perimeter of the school. The buildings are gorgeous and just across the street, is the Collège de France campus. The picture to the right is the Law School building of La Sorbonne. I was hoping to take mom to this student café that I loved eating at-it was just off campus and in a basement decorated with eclectic black and white photos. I saw students from all over the world eat there; the best part is they had 5 Euro yummy lunches. Well, they happened to be closed so I couldn’t show mom, however, she picked the café we ate at and it turned out to be absolutely delicious, as we sat on the heated sidewalk patio. Next we headed up the street toward the Pantheon and the City Hall for the 5th arrondissement.
The building to the right is an Epicerie: a shop where spices are made. Still moving full steam ahead, we hopped on metro line 8 and headed toward the neighborhood of Saint Sulpice. We saw a quaint little house with a neat door and flowers in bloom so I hopped inside for a picture. Next, I took mom to one of the fanciest and best patisserie shops in Paris called Pierre Hermès. They are well known for their chocolate and macaroons and though it’s a little pricey, one could still spend more by crossing the street and shoping at Yves Saint Laurent. We ate by the fountain then walked to the Saint Sulpice Church. Unfortunately their famous organist wasn’t playing, but we did see the rose line that’s described in The Da Vinci Code. The church is currently under restoration but is beautiful despite the scaffolding. Before heading back, I took mom through the Gardens of Luxembourg where the French Senate building is surrounded by gorgeous flowers, statues, ponds, and orange trees. There is also a grotto with a beautiful grey sculpture of a Greek God. There are some fun things to keep your eyes peeled for while walking through: we spotted a mini statue of liberty, several people doing martial arts, kids pushing sailboats with sticks across the pond, and several Parisian couples. As we were on the metro headed back to Croissy, I had mom and I hop off at the GeorgeV stop and run up the stairs to get a glimpse of the Arc de Triomphe by night! We asked a man to take a picture but he must have been a little tipsy in every sense of the word. We were exhausted by the end of the day!