章 26: Educational Tour

The next morning, Gretal had me up just past dawn. The sun was peeking through the trees and sparkling off the drops of dew on the plants in the courtyard.

I was in love with that courtyard. I wanted to spend my day there, but that was not to be. We had places to go and things to see. But I was determined to spend some time in that quiet place at some point and enjoy the experience of it.

We stopped at a café down the street for a latte and a pain au chocolat, or chocolate croissant as I knew it as. It was so surreal. There I was sitting on the streets of Paris sipping my coffee and eating a delicate pastry. Never in my wildest dreams had any of that occurred. Now I was there actually doing it and enjoying it immensely.

We found our way through the streets and jumped on the Metro which took us within a few blocks of Notre Dame. By seven we were standing in front of the centuries old building.