Day eight- It's alive!!!

A day of mystery, where dead things come back to life….First, all of us were lazy getting going this morning.  After two early mornings and late nights, we slept in and resurrected ourselves later than usual.  Then we headed to Pere Lachaise cemetery.  We had a bottle of wine and picked up sandwiches and pastries along the way.  We had a Parisian picnic among all the beautiful headstones and statues (that counts as art, right?!)  We walked the cobblestone streets for awhile longer and then came to Jim Morrison’s grave.  Shawn and I had to taught mom about ‘pouring one our for your homies’.  So the four of us drank to Jim and poured out a little of our delicious wine on his grave.  Then we headed to a different area of the city, off the left bank.  We went to the store Deyrolle.  At the very last minute of our last trip to France, on the way to the airport, we passed this amazing store.  I thought, if I only had one more day….If I come back, I will go there.  So here we are.  A crazy store that can only exist in Paris.  There was a real taxidermied horse….that they attached a horn to.  It totally looked like a unicorn.  It was awesome.  I tried to convince Shawn that we needed it – until we saw the price tag of $11,000! So instead we have two beautiful butterflies.  Afterwards, we relaxed with drinks at a café.  After wandering around a bit more, we headed to Saint Germain.  I think maybe if we stay in Paris again, I would stay in this area of town.  There were great streets to wander around, and eventually, we went to a place recommended on a blog about secret Paris.  We went through a tiny deli, up a bitty spiral staircase, and saw 12 seats.  We proceeded to have some of the best Italian food ever….and we have all been to Italy.