Paris 6, Richard 7

I got another point on Sunday, but it wasn't really until night time. In the morning, Susan and I went to Notre-Dame for a Gregorian chant Easter service. It was really cool and the singing was great, but the overwhelming incense and hypocrisy was too much for Susan--giving her a headache. Boo. Afterwords, though, we had brunch at a nice little place from Susan's book and then made our way to Musee d'Orsay (no pics allowed). There was a nice Rodin collection in addition to the impressionist art. The 1889 self portrait of Van Gogh was just sitting there on the wall. I definitely felt that the man in the painting didn't trust the painter (this was a year before Van Gogh killed himself). I couldn't believe you could just go right up to it and touch it. Luckily no one was touching it, but annoying tourists were flashing thier cameras...so silly. Actually, I also enjoyed Lautrec, my favorite painting being Femme au boa noir.
At night, we decided to give the 'TimeOut: Paris' book that my coworker left in the studio a try. Our first stop was Le Panier for sundowners. Two cool things about this place: 1) After the waitress said several sentences of quick Parisian French to Susan and I which neither of us understood, I just blurted out 'duex biere' in bad French and she went on her way to the next table. 5 minutes go by, 10, 15. Just when I figured no beers were coming, the waitress comes out with our beers (I assume she gave us the cheapest beer :). Somehow it worked out. Next, a cool dog came by. It was clear that this dog was doing rounds along the various bistros and cafes trying to get a nip of food and attention here and there. Awesome dog with personality.
Dinner was also great. We went to a Vietnamese place noted as a must see in the TimeOut guide, Dong Huong. It was a cute place with 4 different rooms. Completely packed but Susan scored us a table somehow. Again, things just worked out for us yesterday.
Oh the other thing that worked out was duping netflix. It turns out they (and many other online TV options like NBC, etc) don't export their shows overseas. Luckily, my brother told me of an easy way to spoof my IP and pretend I'm in the US. Managed to trick netflix with that!
Today we're just relaxing...