Ou est de toilette? And what's up with those Weather Channel monkeys?

Well, not in the Tuilleries, per se... so we headed to the Orangerie to use that one. And the one on the Place de la Concorde was occupied by men who were in no hurry to leave, so John and Ben used the one in the Museum level two-thirds up the Arc De Triomphe... (End Mom introduction.)

By the way this is Ben speaking (with some Dad editing) and if you are wondering about "Da Monkeys", yes that's what I'm calling them. We decided that the Weather Channel is having monkeys throwing darts at walls and pulling cards from bins and what they say goes (as far as the forecast - it was supposed to rain today - Dad). Oh and Dad and I made it to the top of the Arc De Triomphe as shown in the bottom pic.

Dad and I (The Great Stair-Climbers) wandered a park (the Tulleries - Dad) for 20min trying to find a bathroom.

We also went to the Orangerie and I guess the paintings were nice. And if you expected more you have come to the wrong universe. This is Ben signing off.

Dad addendum: We also wound up using one of the double-decker tourist bus lines later in the afternoon. There were pros and cons to it. We got some great views of the city, and the intermittent automated commentary (you get earphones to plug in near your seat) had some interesting details. But the top-level seats were very uncomfortable for me - not a width problem but rather a depth one, as my knees were wedged against the seat in front of me. It was nice to see a lot of what we've missed out on using the Metro and RER so much.

The view from the top of the Arc De Triomphe is amazing and worth every one of the 268 steps (each way). Seeing the resting place of the original Unknown Soldier was also quite moving.

Tomorrow's plan - Place de la Bastille, Victor Hugo's house, and either the Pompidu Center or the Opera (maybe both depending on how everyone holds up). We're down to seeing what we can fit in our last two full days in Paris without wearing ourselves out for Normandy.