The Marais

Not much happened on Sunday. The sun shone for the first time since I have been here. For an hour. It was exciting. We have church in the Marais, and Institute, and class (same building). Monday I toured the Nôtre Dame (but I forgot my camera) then we had meetings and class. And FHE was really fun. We had tacos. Delicious.
Which takes us to today! Today I slept in until 9. It was wonderful. Then took my NEW metro route (I like to try new ones, spice things up a bit) into the Marais. Eight of us met at the carousel and proceeded on our tour. We saw the original wall of Paris, (such a tiny city then, it's in the 4th arr) and the Place des Vosges as well as the Victor Hugo house and the Musee Carnavalet. The Place des Vosges is absolutely beautiful. With a lovely statue of Louis XIII. Who doesn't want that in their park? And I plan on going back to the Musee Carnavalet because I didn't get to the 19 and 20th century areas. They look pretty exciting. Afterwards, I thought I would take advantage of the soldes. I knew of two large department stores, and was hoping for some great deals. So I put a few Euros in my bag and hauled myself off to the Galleries Lafayette and Printemps. Oh boy did I have no idea what I was getting myself into. I walked out of the Metro and right in front of me was Printemps. Great! I thought I was of to a wonderful start. I went in and was immediately lost. I was in Bridal registry. I soon found the Women's department. All 9 floors of it. Dolce and Gabbana, Marc Jacobs, BCBG, MaxMara, Burberry, Gucci and Fendi. To name a few. I was WAY out of my league. So I kept going up. The CHEAPEST pair of pants I found were 100 euros, and that was after the 60% off. So I thought I would try Lafayette. First of all Lafayette has not one or two but THREE stores. All the size of a large mall. There were 7 floors and 2 basement levels (for each store). I thought Printemps was a bit pricey so I knew I was doomed when I walked in. Instead of perfume counters on the first floor, it was jewelry. Tiffanys and Cartier were just the beginning. Dior, Prada, Chanel, Luois Vuitton. I only had 2 goals in mind. Boots and pants. Cheapest pair of boots I saw were Guess boots. 189 Euros after a 50% markdown. As for pants, Ralph Lauren and 67E. I didn't accomplish either of my goals. Thinking of a new goal: keychain.
So I guess my shopping in Paris will be very minimal. Sad day.