Time in Paris running out

We had our guided tour Sunday morn and it was le awesome. We started at le Tour Eiffel which has never jazzed me in the pictures I’ve seen. Up close it really is a work of art and is possibly one of those things that must be seen to be appreciated. The views from the second level were fantastic. The rest of the tour was spent taking in the sites first by bus, then by barge on le Seine. Both views of the city were fantastic. The afternoon was spent by us eating crepes on the way to Musee d’Orsay and then spending a few hours soaking up the art. Afterword we took the Metro back to our hotel and then went to dinner at a bistro our guide had suggested which had set menus/prices and has menus in both English and Japanese. I’ve been working on my pronunciation of the basic French words and phrases: Bonjour/bonsouir, deux sil vous plais non-fume. Merci. Worked a bit too well and we ended up getting French menus…then it was: Excuse moi monsieur, le menu en anglais sil vous plais? We then asked our waiter: parlais vous anglais? He said not really, however I do speak some Spanish…so the rest of our dealings were in Spanish as Corinne and I both understand and can speak a TON more Spanish than we can French. Kind of surreal – Americans speaking Spanish in a French bistro. We had a French gentleman on one side of us dining with his mother (who loves Americans, according to him – I’m guessing the liberation… his English was also much better than our French) and we had two Scots on the other side who both spoke decent French and were bemused by our use of Spanish to get things done. The food was awesome and the company made it that much better. They gave us a recommendation for Montmarte, but we don’t have enough time ☹. Louvre manana.