Beaucoup de visiteurs!

Hotel Katie added 4 more guests to the guest list this morning!

Jeff and his three friends Jeff, Erik and Matt arrived shortly after we three girls woke up.  They were raring to go, so I gave them some directions to go see the major touristy things: the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame, and so on.  Within 30 minutes, they were on their way.  Next, I gave some directions to Nadia and the girls, so they went to the Musée d’Orsay (my favorite!) while I ran some errands and did a bit of homework.

In a few hours, I met up with them to walk down Champs Elysées, to go to Ladurée, and to climb the Arc de Triomphe.  Despite the bitter cold, it was really fun and we got some great pictures of all of us.  After seeing the Arc, they went to do the Eiffel Tower, so I came back to the apartment to let the boys in and to figure out our plans for the evening.

We all decided to stay local and go to the Latin Quarter.  We found a restaurant called La Harpe, which was offering a prix-fixe menu of 10 euro for 3 courses plus a glass of wine.  Since we were all hungry and impatient, we went in and had a nice little dinner.  I got some French onion soup, beef bourguignon, and raspberry tarte (or was it apple? I forget).  It was decent, but you could definitely tell that it was a 10 euro meal unfortunately.  Our extremely friendly waiter made up for sub-par food however, as he was so fun and friendly, and spent the entire meal joking around with us.

After dinner, we were exhausted again.  The girls and I just came back to the apartment, while the boys went to the Bastille to explore that neighborhood.  I felt bad that I didn’t go with them, but I was honestly so tired that I fell asleep sitting upright on the couch (the tagged photos of me on Facebook are proof, although by that point I was kind of on my side, curled up in fetal position).

These fabulous visitors of mine are running me ragged!