The first thing we had to do today was laundry. Not what one usually thinks of for a first full day in Paris. We try to pack light so have begun to add a laundry morning and decided this would be it. The weather looked very cloudy so we thought if it rains we won't miss the touristing time.
As an aside, last night we wondered if we would keep the sofa bed out all the time or if it would be difficult to return to a sofa each morning. While TT was in the shower I put it away myself. This should be pretty easy all week. Four sofa cushions for the back and seat stay in place when unfolded.
Found a "laverie" listed in our Paris Perfect directory located on the rue Auguereau between the rue St. Dominique and the rue de Grenelle. Turns out it is across the street from the Hotel Londres Eiffel where we stayed in 2002. That was a little hotel room and the shower had no curtain but was about $100 a night at that time. That bath was bigger than the one in our apartment but the apartment overall is larger.
We loaded up 4 little washing machines, figured out the instructions and took turns walking in the neighborhood and watching the laundry. The clothes dryers were huge so we dumped all our clothes into 2 of them. After returning to the aparment with clean clothes and putting everything away we headed to find lunch.
RT remembered La Terasse across from the Ecole Militaire. If you visit Paris you can't miss it as it has red awnings and red plush seats inside. We were seated on the second floor with a nice view down the avenue (see photo). TT had a really good quiche and RT had perfectly grilled fresh salmon.
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