Max,
Pat decided we should go back to Paris on Saturday to wander around in the sunshine. We had lunch near the Sorbonne, Paris's famous university (for when we are older). We sat in a café (that's what french people call restaurants where you can sit outside) and had foie gras and cheese and wine. Pat was very happy.
Then, we went to the American Library in Paris. It was started during World War I when thousands of American soldiers were in France to fight the war. Librarians from the US sent 20,000 books to start a library for the soldiers, and the library is still there.
While walking from there, Pat found this plaque that tells about France and the second World War.
Pat said he would interpret it for you. It says something like France has lost the battle, but not the war. It is signed by a famous french general, Charles DeGaulle.
Next, we rode the subway to the Tuileries Gardens. It was the gardens for the Louvre, the castle built for the French kings. That is part of the castle in the background. I don't know if you can see it but there is a HUGE SPIDER sculpture in the garden.
Today, there are fountains, gardens, cafés, sculpture and lots of people. We watched little sailboats floating in the big fountain. You can rent a sailboat for a couple of euros and watch it float around or push it around with a stick.
Do you know they have different kind of money in France than we do in the US? It looks like Monopoly money to me, but it works here! I will try to send you a picture of it.
We leave on Tuesday for Greece, I will write more later.
Stanley
