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I really meant to write up the previous two days in Paris as they happened, but…more on that later. Sunday we started the day at Notre Dame, which was especially impressive as services were in progress and organ music filled the cathedral. From there we walked around the area, exploring several churches, Pont Neuf, the Latin Quarter, the oldest tree in Paris, etc. etc. We stopped for lunch in the Latin Quarter where I had an absolutely delectable duck confit. After lunch we got a little lost before finally finding our way to the Orsay Museum, which has the best collection of impressionist paintings in the world, along with a large collection of sculpture. After all the walking we’d done that day we decided to briefly return to our hotel to rest before heading out to dinner. I noticed as we were walking to dinner that, very suddenly, I was no longer particularly hungry. By the time we’d sat down to eat, I was beginning to feel slightly ill. I had only a few bites of food and hurriedly paid the bill and scurried back to our hotel, thankfully only a few blocks away. I then proceeded to spend the rest of that night emptying my body of pretty much everything in it. I didn’t realize it at the time, but it turns out I probably had come down with Norovirus. I felt a little better in the morning and allowed myself to be dragged around the Louvre where we saw all kinds of things, notable among them the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo. After a quick nap I was feeling much more myself and took a walk down to Trocadero to view the Eiffel Tower. From there we hopped on a Seine river cruise and then headed up to the top of the Eiffel tower. After returning to the ground, I was actually feeling just a little bit hungry and was able to choke down about half a hot dog and a bottle of water before returning to the hotel for the night. This morning we arrived at the airport to find our flight closed, so we’re at an airport hotel waiting for our new flight in the morning.
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