An afternoon post...

   We spent a bunch of time figuring out what to do with our time here...and decided to buy a ParisPass, which is unlimited transportation (not taxis, though - ha!) for the length of the pass. Since our intent was to see much of Paris, we bought a 6-day pass, but today was already 1/2 gone, so we'll start tomorrow. We tried the Métro for the first time - not too bad - but haven't activated our pass, so paid for each ticket. Amazing transportation system, once you (we!) figure it out!
    We decided to hop the Métro back to our neighborhood (how about that? OUR neighborhood!!) and look around a bit for a place to eat. It seems as if there's some sort of price regulation - everything in the same general area had very similar prices, and even though we were ready for lunch, I insisted this be a meal with dessert...we haven't really had a dessert with any meal except on the plane. So...we passed up several brasseries, and found Suzette's - a crêperie, of course!!
      I knew I couldn't comfortably eat an entire crêpe AND a dessert crêpe, so we confused the staff and ordered one plat (meal), a salad, and one dessert crêpe to split. The gentleman - seemed to be the proprietor - brought the salad to Roger, and told me not to give him any of the crêpe - chicken, tomatoes and cheese - excellent! Of course, we split the crêpes; I didn't want the salad...funny, we've never been asked about dressing, it just comes with some sort on it, and it's not French dressing. They've been different, not very flavorful, but not offensive, either. Here are our crêpes:

       

Did I forget to mention the egg? This is the 1/2...so good, and really I didn't even want to finish the 1/2 because it was filling, and I NEEDED to get dessert. For the dessert, we chose what this shop called the "William" - although we were tipped off by our Paris veteran family members that a crêpe with pears and chocolate sauce were traditionally known as "Belle Hélène"...no matter, it was fantastically delicious! Glad that we had a walk ahead of us to get back to our apartment after a quick Monoprix stop (I'm getting a little tired of only water to drink); we complimented the monsieur, and he handed us what I thought was a frequent visitor card, since we said we'd probably return. Nope. It was a comment card, with a release asking if our comments could be put online. Hmmmmm...it was fine, but strange - seemed only if we liked it, and expressed it, we were asked to comment. Back to the apartment for some more logistical planning, a quick FaceTime visit with my team of teachers who I abandoned, and then we'll be off again for our evening adventure. I love that our pace is relaxed and that we feel like we can take time to recharge ourselves before continuing on to whatever is next. Did I mention I love being here?? I do - but miss everyone at home - and am going to make the most of the time we have here. No alarm clocks, no hurry-up schedule, plenty of time to take in all on my "list" and extra time for spontaneous choices. C'est la vie!