Francey Pants: "If I was a sculptor, but then again, no." -Elton John

Such a good day. Rachel, Amanda, Fran and I did Walk 4, ("Of Art, War, and World's Fairs"). We walked across the Alexandre III bridge, which was so lovely-- it represents the friendship between France and Russia-- the weather was perfect and sunny. We visited the Rodin museum, which has been my favorite museum so far. This is the museum with the beautiful sculptures in that pretty garden from Midnight in Paris. Unfortunately, Carla Bruni is not really a tour guide there. Dream on.
I have always loved Rodin, he was a master with his hands. The museum was very intimate and small, and his works are so romantic and charming.
After the museum we walked through the gardens, and sat on the stone steps outside to soak up the sun. Amanda thought it would be nice to shake hands with one of the statues, which she did, and then we realized that she was doing this right in the center of someone's group photo.
We went to the Invalides to see the army museum. Pretty cool---if you like war and stuff. I saw medieval armor---Jeff next door would die at that place. I'm sure he's been. I was mostly interested in the World War I & II stuff since those represent my favorite part of history. We then saw Napoleon's massive and ornate tomb. What a jerk. I can't believe how big that thing was. And how overly decorated.
The best part of the day was...DINNER. At the Rodin museum, we explained to some french guy we met that we haven't been impressed with any of the food here besides desserts. We asked him to recommend some place that had good French food. He told us about this place in the Latin Quarter called "Cafe de Paris." It was fancy and AMAZING. I ordered roasted duck with sauteed vegetables, and had some of Emily's Roasted shank of lamb (a momentary break from her traditional vegetarianism). We ordered delicious dessert and stayed at the restaurant for over two hours. We were finally asked to leave. Emily, Rachel, Amanda, Heather, MacCord, Fran, Melissa, Olivia and I walked around the Latin Quarter to see the lights, and then went to bed!