A museum and two dinners

So its the holiday season this week in Paris (December 15-21) and of course what a better way to celebrate the holidays than to decorate a palm tree in white fluff…. yes thats perfect! Paris, a northern city, celebrating with palm trees which come from southern countries. I tell you things are never dull here in the city!

On December 15th after church I came across a tent near the Eiffel Tower which was holding a special exhibit on the 100 years of the Paris police force. It was the last day and the last hour of this exhibit when I found it so I had to go in and I was not disappointed. The first half was set up with the major news scandals from the past years. Some were the usual: murder, robbery, adultery etc. But some were very interesting like this one above when the Mona Lisa was stolen on August 22, 1911. 

This was the first CSI kit from the 1920s

They must've had a speaker or two come in cause there was this stage and seats.

They had over 50 ipads with games to pretend like you were a crime scene specialist. 

Then there were office looking doors but over each door was each department of the current police force and then a description of what they do.

I went out to dinner with Kiki again, she has a list of the places to eat at in Paris. This restaurant was full of English speakers, even the wait staff sounded like they were from London. Kiki claimed that this place had the best pulled pork sandwich. It was a very delicious sandwich for sure, not the best I've ever had but very very good for being in Paris. 

I loved how I braided my hair that day I went out with Kiki and I got a great pic of it!

This picture was from the other French restaurant I went to with Kiki. I had to post it cause I had a very good glass of wine with dinner and I finally got around to fixing up the photo since it was dark. I love the lady's face behind me though. The random people I have in my pictures never fail to enhance the moment.

 These two pictures were from Katie's birthday party. She held it at a mexican restaurant which was not exactly the best mexican I have ever had but we did have some great margaritas so it made up for it! The one above was my tacos and the picture below was Katie's enchiladas.