sunny 3 day weekend in August

Jardin du Luxembourg

August 15 is "fete de l'assomption", or the when the Virgin Mary ascends into heaven....a national holiday in France.  As awful as this year has been for France. and last year - weather, terrorism etc. - at least finally there has been some sunny weather in July and August.  It happens so rarely, folks actually enjoy it and don't complain of the heat.  These two months have been a gift.

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Sunday, we headed out to catch one of the few buses running in Paris (Sunday, in August, try finding public transporation that works for you!).  Luckily the 82 is near us and has a great route past the Eiffel Tower to Jardin du Luxembourg.  But of course it stopped before the normal destination so we had to walk a little.  We wanted to find out if the British bar was showing the first Manchester United game (of course they were duh) but while waiting we found a great restaurant in the Latin Quarter for lunch.  Little did we know we would make fast friends with the owner and some guests and return later.  We had some wonderful chicken pate, and the escargots were amazing and huge.

Thankfully Manchester United won their first game with the new coach.  We headed back to Au Doux Raisins and met some really nice folks from the Champagne region, who showed Alex and Vincent a game of putting the escargot shells in the street so cars could crush them.  As we waited for our Uber home, the sun setting over the Pantheon was amazing.  Charles gave the kids glow sticks which were so much fun.