Last full day in Paris, May 14

Today was another beautiful day - sunny and in the low 70s. Michael went out for pastries this morning and Mark and Barbara took a walk to get some Euros from the ATM. (The bank had locked our account by accident). The rate of exchange is so good that we want to take Euros home.

On our walk along the Left Bank

From there, we walked to Shakespeare and Company, a wonderful English language bookstore set in an old monastery from the 1600s. It is full of quirky, beamed rooms with reading areas and floor to ceiling with books. And a resident cat. 

Michael and Nancy also took a walk in the direction of the Pantheon.

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We all met at the St. Regis, a trip down Memory Lane for us as we ate there twice on our last visit here, once with Becky Cavanaugh and her baby. AIt was rather expensive as it's right in the thick of tourist central. Mark and Barbara had duck in a red sauce; Michael had French onion soup and Nancy had mushroom risotto. 

At the St Regis on Ile St. Louis

Then we all walked on the Ile St Louis doing some last-minute shopping. 

Mark and Barbara went back to the flat earlier than Mike and Nancy to do the on-line COVID tests. It was a little stressful with the technology, but it all worked well. Whew. Then we had the stress of not being able to download the boarding passes. We waited for 2 hours+ for Delta to call and then they were not able to solve it either. So, we went to bed hoping that we'd get them in the morning. But, we enjoyed our evening with Mike and Nancy with some paté.