Ahh, it felt nice to get some rest last night! That exuberant relaxed feeling will not last long though! We went on a tour of Marais today with Paris Walks and we had an extremely interesting Aussie tour guide. He even made me get excited about the carving of chicken being roasted on one of the choir seats in a church. I also learned more valuable information today. Now when I walk into Home Depot and I see gargoyles, I will know that they are called "gargoyles" because they make a gargling noise when they extract rain water from the side of the church to preserve the stone. ALAS!....someone concocted the name "gargoyle". Although this tour was exceptionally interesting, we kept on passing chic little stores in Marais that were literally calling my name. No but seriously. They were striking up a conversation with me as I was passing them and asked me in a dull roar to come inside to browse. I politely declined because I did not want to be rude and leave the group. I reassured the stores in a calm tone of voice that I will indeed be back in a jiffy.
Sure enough, tour ended and I kept my promise to those stores. In fact, we found this excellent thrift/vintage store in which I spent about 60 euro. Hey, better than a sharp stick in the eye. Especially when you now own several adorable vintage blouses from el Paris. I don't know why I am tempted to add some spanish before every word. I presume it makes me sound more worldly.
Quickly following after the lovely little tour, we mosied our way on over to the Pierre Cardin Museum. First off, I was jumping out of my epidermis. Then, we quickly found out that the two lovely ladies who ran the place actually worked with Pierre! One of them must've been one of the models , because she showed us a picture of her in the 70's with one of the outfits! If only, if only , if only I lived during that era. Anyhow, it was absolutely excellent. I WANT EVERYTHING IN THAT MUSEUM. I also learned another interesting tidbit. Pierre Cardin also designed furniture with an ulterior motive in what it represented ( eh em , naughty things) . I guess thats what makes it all the better though!
After another action packed day, we decided to go back to Marais and eat dinner since it resembled the Lower East Side or East Village in Manhattan. We wound up finding a cute little place as usual and ofcourse, sat ourselves down for about 3 hours just gabbing about life. Oh the simple things.
Oh, by the way , we also ran into this darling little Chihuahua named Fiji. <3
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