After going to sleep at 1:30am last night, Nicholas was able to sleep through until 8:30am this morning... yay! It took him about 2 hours of tossing, turning, talking and crying to get to sleep last night, but it was apparently worth the effort. As I write this it is 7:15pm, and he will be going to bed (hopefully without too much resistance) in about 15 minutes. Hopefully we got lucky and corrected the sleep schedule in only 3 days!
Unfortunately, Laura attempted to go to bed around 3:00am last night, but wasn't able to sleep until 5:00am. I fell asleep on the couch around the same time while watching a movie on the computer, so we're both working on about 4 hours rest from last night. I guess we'll both be going to bed early tonight as well.
I was restless around 3:00am last night and decided to go for a walk. We still haven't gotten a SIM card for the iPad, and I don't want to use the data on my iPhone unless absolutely necessary. I intended to find the best route down to the Notre Dame from our apartment, and was successful despite the lack of a map. The streets here aren't remotely organized, but I managed to avoid getting lost. It's amazing how quiet the city becomes after about 2am, and while there are still people out and about, it is nothing compared to the foot and car traffic during the day. It's really quite peaceful, and a very different experience.
On my way to Notre Dame, I crossed a bridge which had mesh railing along the sides. Locked into the mesh were tens of thousands of padlocks, with various writing on each padlock. I looked this up once I returned to the apartment to discover they are "Love Padlocks" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Once everyone woke up this morning, we spent a few hours relaxing in the apartment before heading out on our first "adventure". We walked over to a nearby park (a different one than I mentioned previously... this one we discovered over by the closest supermache we have been shopping at) which had a small play area for Nicholas to release some energy on. He seemed "relieved" to finally be able to play at something familiar to him, and had a lot of fun going down the slide and climbing the rope ladders on the set. We stayed for about 45 minutes before departing on the route I had mapped out to the Notre Dame. Laura and I had visited there on our previous trip, and new there was a nice garden on the East where Nicholas could run around some more. In addition to this, he discovered a sand box area, and another little boy (English speaking, although we don't know where he was from) to play with. They had a lot of fun playing with sticks in the stand and chasing after eachother. After they finished playing, we continued walking around the area (full of tourists of course... do we count?) and then had our first "crepe" at a restaurant nearby. It was Limon et Sucre and Nicholas "loved" it... apparently we'll need to get those more often.
While looking at the cathedral today, we noticed something we hadn't seen on our last visit. There were groups of people high up on the towers at various levels looking down and taking pictures. I got quite excited by this because I think it would be amazing to go up into the inner areas and belfries to look around. As we walked around to leave, we saw the line up for these tours, and made a note of the days and times they ran... I think we'll probably go back to experience this before we leave.
It was getting later in the afternoon at this point, and we had to return to the apartment so I could get online and begin work. On our way in, I attempted to explain to the "guardian" (the man who looks after this building) that we should have a package arriving via courier (Nicholas' pack carrier) but he doesn't speak a word of English, and despite my best efforts, we weren't able to understand each other. I think I'll try translating an explanation tonight on Google Translate and take that to him tomorrow.
In regard to the carrier, I phoned the baggage department in London again this morning, and they had an update on the file which showed it was located in Glasgow, and was delivered to Paris last night. The man with whom I spoke indicated it should be delivered today or tomorrow, and I got him to confirm the address for delivery again. Everything was correct, so I now just need to make sure the guardian understands the situation when he receives the delivery.
Anyway, back to work... more tomorrow and hopefully some pictures posted as well.
Love, Brendan Laura & Nicholas
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