Today the plan was to go on a Seine River Cruise; see the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, and Saint-Chapelle, explore the Latin Quarter; and to top it all off, celebrate New Year's on Champ-Elysses. After the long traveling day yesterday, however, I felt even worse than I did before. I was in no shape for sightseeing. My brother and I agreed that it would be best if we took the day off and recovered so we could make the most out of the three other days we would have in Paris. We walked around the surrounding area (see photo), bought some groceries, and returned to the room and rested. I was running a fever and was really out of it - I managed to wake up in time to see the New Year's countdown on TV, but that was about it. It was a cold night and it would have been a nightmare getting from Champ Elysses back to our hotel after the celebration, so it was probably a good thing we didn't go, but I still feel like I missed out...
