Paris Day 6 - otherwise known as the day of food photos

The forecast for today had been cold and rainy. So. we decided to do indoor stuff today - i.e. the Louvre. The sign says it all. Luckily for us, there was blue skies (although it was pretty chilly). We then headed over to La Defense to see the Grande Arch. This building is along the same axis as the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe, but at the far end. It is a super modern skyscraper with a hollow portion large enough to contain the Notre Dame. It was fascinating, but the wind was brisk. So, we snapped some photos and went back underground. We then headed over to another Hector Guimard Metro station, Porte Dauphine. This one is my favorite. It looks pretty similar to the one from yesterday, but more ornate. From there we went to the Bibliotheque Nationale (built in the 17th century - it houses 2 Gutenberg Bibles!). This time it was open. We walked in and happened to walk in the portion that I wanted to see most - one of the reading rooms. A man ran up to us and told us that this particular room was closed to the public until 2012. He was nice enough to talk to us and allow me to snap 2 photos. We then went over to another reading room that had people in it. We were greeted with a frenchie speaking some frenchie gibberish that indicated that tourists weren't welcome. As we walked to the door I snapped a photo and he got angry and said some thing that I understood to mean, "no photos". We left without finding anything historical, except the building itself. Bastards. On towards Notre Dame, stopping for a delicious butter and sugar crepe. Our first crepe since we've been in France and "monsieur petite" was it delicious. Imagine a warm, flat and gooey waffle with butter and sugar; and you're close. Then we walked through Notre Dame... more stained glass and statues... and tithing machines (to help pay for their molestation lawsuits!!!)... We find it hilarious that people always insist upon posing in front of monuments and historical mumbo-jumbo and the serious poses make us laugh the most (as well as the peace signs and the thumbs up). Here are our own interpretations in front of the River Seine... We then headed over to Marsais for the best Falafel we have ever had by far. Seriously. On our way home, there was a 12-piece string ensemble performing in the subway station. It's always random what you might see underground: homeless people sleeping in the hallway, some stinky guy singing in the train, a gypsy simply holding their hand out for money or a guy with a accordion (plenty of these types). They all have two things in common - apparently no jobs and a receptacle for money.