It's zero degrees again here - they call it Spring! But actually it wasn't too bad because the sun came out and it didn't rain. We decided to go see Napoleon's tomb and the Military Museum, which is included in the price. Napoleon's Tomb was huge and his coffin sits in the middle of the floor under a dome. Everything is oversized and I wonder why they made such a big coffin for such a small person. Dad said it was because he wanted to show people how important he was and that was one way of being remembered. Before we went here, we had to pass through Saint Lazare to change trains so we also purchased our train tickets to Rouen for Saturday. Saint-Lazare is a hub for all the other trains in Paris so if you live outside central Paris in the suburbs or another town, you come into Saint-Lazare. It is also a way out to the airports too so it is more than just a Metro station. After going through the museum - much military hardware and uniforms from medieval times through to the Second World War - we went and had dinner down the road at a corner brasserie, La Terrasse - penne for me, chicken brochette and rice for Dad. then we bought some fruit and caught the Metro home.
