101 ways to use a baguette

everywhere you go here someone is carrying around a big long baguette. now, you might think you can only eat these things but steph and i have found many more uses! for instance, you could use one as a weapon if you come across any shady looking people. or you might have to use it as a walking stick when your knee gives out (like steph's has been doing). the best use we've decided though is leaving a crumb trail. the streets here are not on a grid. our street map already has had to be taped back together because of all the use its gotten. we've seen so much already and it's only the start of day four. some highlights of our sightseeing are having a glass of wine at the cafe on the eiffel tower at night, the louvre (yep, the mona lisa is still there and still looks like a man), Notre Dame, The Moulin Rouge in Montemart where we also went to Sacre-Coeur during mass. (p.s. we're catholic now)(sorry dad). we've also toured the Conciergerie where people (including Marie Antoinette) were improsoned during the french revolution before they were taken to the guillotine (made us want to watch the scarlet pimpernel again now that we've seen where it all really happened) , and Sainte-Chapelle which is paris's Sistine Chapel. today is my 26th birthday and i am still in shock that i'm in paris for it. first thing we did was have some cafe noir at a little cafe here in the latin quarter (our favorite neighborhood)while we people watched. now we are off on our first little trip out of the city to Rouen. i almost hate to leave but we have much more to see before our time is up! au revoir, Rach (and Steph)