February 21st: Rue Cler & Luxembourg Gardens

Sunday, February 21st was Kate's fourth birthday and our last day in Paris. After finishing our packing, we walked to the Rue Cler neighborhood. Rue Cler is an open-air produce market with pastry shops, restaurants, cheese shops, delis, etc. Elisabeth and Kate enjoyed purchasing Parmesan cheese at the local cheese shop and pastries at the local patisserie. We sat outside at a table and watched Parisians (and American!) walk by on Rue Cler - a lovely Sunday morning in Paris.

Later in the morning we walked from Rue Cler to Luxembourg Gardens. A very long walk, but a wonderful way to see Paris. We ate lunch at one of the restaurants in the park. Elisabeth and Kate rode ponies (and donkeys!) in the gardens. Afterwards they played in the park at the playground. They were very disappointed that the carousel was closed, but it was 14:00pm and we needed to start our drive home to Brussels.

To our pleasant surprise we were able to drive out of Paris without our GPS. We even drove through the famous circle around the Arc de Triumph without an issue. Hooray for Rich!