Alcott Paris Trip 2017: mercredi 19 avril

Today started with a visit to La Tour Eiffel!

Où est la Tour Eiffel?

Voilà!

Riley's family friend from Germany came to visit for the day!

Close to the front of the line for the stairs to the second floor. Here we go!

View from the 1st or 2nd floor.

Elevator to the top of the Eiffel Tower!

Inside the top of the Eiffel Tower

Madame Watts loves a good coincidence... and this was like a double coincidence!

On Sunday, Mme Watts went to the Shakespeare & Company bookstore. A woman walked by and said, "That's a good book." They talked for a little while, and it turned out the woman was a teacher from Park Ridge on spring break celebrating her birthday and her wedding anniversary in Paris. Then on Wednesday, with the group on the top of the Eiffel Tower, Mme Watts thought maybe she saw the same woman, so she asked her to take a picture of the group (as seen above), and guess what... it was her!

Now for the double coincidence. The woman's husband walked up, and asked where our school is. Mme Watts said near Hoyne and Wellington. Then he said he had gone to George Schneider Elementary.

GEORGE SCHNEIDER ELEMENTARY! The exact same building as present day Alcott!

Quelle coïncidence!

Snapchatting and FaceTiming from the top of the Eiffel Tower!

("Girls, what time is it in Chicago??" "4 a.m.")

A post-Eiffel Tower stairs-workout treat: crêpes!

Time for the cooking class!

Chopping les pommes de terre

Chef Brian adding the paprika

Our chef instructor

Cooking up a storm

Amber adding the perfect amount of salt

Learning how to plate the dish

Thank you to Sister Cities International for their donation for our cooking class.

Merci beaucoup!

The finished product: Porc Chimichurri

A delicious chocolate peanut butter tart for dessert

An afternoon puppet show in the park

It was a cute show, but the best part of the show was probably this little French boy sitting in the front row, giggling hysterically and interacting with the puppets.