January 8th I took Josh to see Notre Dame and to my surprise there were these carpets which dated to 1825.
And also Louis Phillipe's robes from the 1830s, he was the king after the first revolution and Napoleon the first.
The Christmas decorations were still up so this is what the church looked like for mass Christmas Day.
Josh and I found this little museum hidden in Notre Dame that I never knew was there so we went in. It was the treasure of Notre Dame.
all the popes had a medal made when they became pope so this is how many popes the church has had since Christ left
Then we went to Shakespeare and Company which is this fantastic bookstore! Unfortunately they don't allow pictures of the inside to be taken but I will try to sneak some when I go back.
We then went to this Japanese restaurant for dinner since Josh likes Japanese culture. It was an experience to say the least. The menu was in French (obviously) and I couldn't exactly translate it for Josh since I don't know Japanese food words nor do I know them in French. So I asked the waitress if we could just have their top two. The picture shows what it was, I do not know exactly what it was but it tasted okay. We left in a bit of a daze since Josh didn't understand what just happened and I couldn't explain very well that this is Paris now for me with firsts that don't always end up being 100% excellent but always interesting. We ended the night with Italian gellato which is always delicious so it didn't turn out too bad. Unfortunately for me, I got food poisoning from the soup so we stayed home the next day. Needless to say we both agreed if the experience is too new then we will try something else instead of just riding it out. But hey thats a foreign country for you, you never really know whats going to happen.
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