Monday morning, our third day, we rode the Metro to Les Halles to visit the Pompidou – our favorite modern art museum.  We had lunch at the museum’s cafe and toured the galleries.

Zach could not stop laughing about this bear.  He was freaking out and made me take a photo next to it.

If you take the escalators to the top floor there is the most amazing view of the city.  It’s really hard to see in the background, but if you look closely you can see the Sacre Coeur off in the distance.

After our walk through the museum we did some shopping in the surrounding area.  There is also a big shopping complex nearby where we spent some time.

Later we went to dinner at a delicious Italian restaurant [our favorite place to eat was closed – Little Italy] that happened to serve popcorn instead of French bread as an appetizer.  Zach was elated.

After a long and crowded Metro ride back to our apartment, Zach begged me to stop at the Monoprix to get some supplies.  I LOVE French supermarkets.  The breads, cheeses, and pastries are so tempting, but we resisted.  They also had all their Christmas candy out on display.  Towers of European chocolate.

We did, however, splurge on a world wide favorite – some mini Haagen-Dazs glaces and bought a good supply of soda for our fridge.  Coca-Cola Light is phenomenal in France – so much better than Diet Coke in the US.  [Although it does have calories – just a fair warning for those of us who drink 2 + a day.]  We drank our beverages, devoured our ice cream, and hacked someone named Nour’s wireless internet.  It was a good night.  Thank you Nour for providing free wireless internet for the remainder of our time in Paris.