We made it to our rented apartment by 11:00pm and were asleep by 1:20am last night. Jess arranged for a car to pick us up at the airport since hauling sleepy children and luggage on train and subways in the dark is no longer on our 'must do fun list' (we did that in Japan in 2011).

This morning after we managed showers and a few French TV cartoons, we did our usual routine: just start walking in the city. We do that in every city we visit and I absolutely love it.

When I travel for business I usually see the inside of the airport, the inside of a taxi, the inside of a hotel, and the inside of my office. Very little else. When we travel for fun we do a lot of walking and get to see a lot of normal city life, which is super cool.

Today was pretty busy since we will likely not have many days without rain.

French donuts for breakfast (Jess and I skipped. I can't believe she turned down a croissant. It's her kryptonite food ...)
hiked to the top of a cool church
excellent lunch in a random French cafe
a few hours of (very chilly) open top tour bus around the city
hiked up the Eiffel Tower
nighttime boat ride on the Seinne
figured out how the train and subway system works
made it back to the apartment in the dark with no phone GPS