We met our friends Christine and Anne-Claire, along with Anne-Claire's nephew David-Alexandre, at the restaurant of the Mosque of Paris adjacent to the Jardin des Plantes. We had lunch there, followed by the famous mint tea that they serve (shown in the picture), 
followed by antics that included nose spoon-hanging. Following lunch there were sad goodbyes, which has been a bit of a theme for the whole month of August.From the Mosque, we took the Métro to the favored Paris destination of the girls, the Palais de la Découverte. For part of the afternoon, Molly and Betsy split up and found their own points of interest.
Here is a picture of Betsy in what is essentially a big amusement-park ride that demonstrates centripetal/centrifugal force. But probably the highlight of the day was the trip to the liquid-air exhibit. We had gone to the English-language version of this exhibit back in August 2007, and this time the same woman was presenting in French. We stayed behind afterwards and spoke to her briefly, and it was fun to explain to her that we had seen her demo a year ago and been unable to speak much French.From the museum, it was a walk across the Seine to find some dinner -- at Starbucks, believe it or not! -- and then we found a nice spot next to the river where we could see the Eiffel Tower while we sat and ate our bagel sandwiches. (Only bagels we had in France, by the way.)
After "dinner," it was off to another round of goodbyes, this time at an outdoor café near the Place de la Nation (formerly the Place du Trône, where guillotines were set up during the French Revolution) where we met Pierre and Laurence and petit Paul for one last snack.Paul, ever gracious just like his parents, is wearing the sweater that Cricket knit for him in March.
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