Musee D'Orsay, cell phone problems...Day 19

Today was another lucky day with the weather.  It was supposed to rain, but was just cloudy.

We started by blowing many fuses in our flat - every time Mark put on the stove!  Eventually, we called the landlord and he said to use the hotplate.  Mark was not that happy about it, but managed to serve up some good eggs eventually.

We walked via the Tuileries to Musee D'Orsay, having gotten tickets at the Tourist Office, saving waiting in a long line.  We enjoyed a nice morning in the museum and met the rest of the Whites at 1:00 in the cafe.  Christina & Mike left to go on their own for the afternoon.  Mark and I spent another hour or so with the wonderful Impressionists and then walked back to our flat, completely tired and walked out.

After crashing, we walked some more to find a Japanese noodle restaurant that we read about.  It took quite a while to find!  We also bought a new electrical converter as Mark left ours at Maura's. Then, we went back to our flat.

We were curious why we hadn't heard from the rest of the White clan, but....it was because the cell phones don't always work.  It turns out that Mike and Nancy had decided to walk to our flat, but....couldn't find it and....even if they had, they wouldn't have been able to get the codes to get in. And, they had tried and tried to text us, but never got through. Eventually, we Facebooked Julia as we thought something was amiss.  When we heard that Mike and Nancy were wandering around, we left and tried to find them.  After many texts between Julie and us, we decided to meet at the Japanese restaurant.  Julie managed to text Michael and....eventually we all met up, but it was frustrating. Luckily, we all had good meals and cheered up.  The gang visited our flat to see how modest it is and we made contingency plans tomorrow in case the phones don't work again.  Tomorrow, Michelle flies in; she will also be very surprised to see Christina and Michael.