Metiers Art Museum (Day 11) (Historical)

Mornings in France were getting very repetitive. We awoke to Connor's daily saying of, "RISE AND SHINE BOY'S!" We all woke up and began to do our daily routine for the morning. We all took showers and got cleaned up, brushed our teeth and got dressed. By the time we were all ready to go down to the lobby and get breakfast, it was 10 AM, and breakfast was going to be over soon. We all raced down to the lobby, but as we entered the elevator, Ethan exclaimed, "crap, I forgot my phone in the room. Imma go and get that." When Ethan left the elevator, we decided to go start breakfast without him, so we went down to the lobby. We all ate our breakfast, which was eggs and sausage, and we discussed the plan for the day. "So what's on the agenda for today?" asked Gene. Connor stood up very quickly and said in a loud voice, "well boy's, we are going to the Metiers Art Museum, to learn about some arts and technology." Immediately after Connor said that, Will let out a very loud groan, and exclaimed, "bruh, we'e gone to so many museums already. I could write an entire travel itinerary all about France." Ethan was walking around the corner, with his phone in his hand, and said, "Will do you even know what an itinerary is?" After Ethan said that it went quiet, so Connor broke the silence and said, "well, Alain gets here at 1:00, and it's 12:00, so we better get ready, because we are going to the museum, and Alain is coming with us. When Connor mentioned that Alain was coming, everyone perked up, and we went to our room to get ready.
Alain pulled up to the hotel at 1:00, and we all got in. "Wassup Alain," I exclaimed, and we all got situated in his car, and we were off. The drive was about 25 minutes, so Alain gave the aux cord to Ethan for a change, and we actually listened to some good music for a change, versus Will and Connor's. While we were on the way, Connor gave us some facts on the museum. "The museum was founded in 1794 by Henri Gregoire, and it's a museum of technological innovation and invention. The museum was refurbished in 2000, and now has over 2400 inventions from different periods of time. We didn't get the tour, because we're cheap like that, so we're just gonna explore the museum." While Connor was giving us facts, Alain interrupted him and said, "the inventions are also split into seven different categories that are scientific instruments, materials, energy, mechanics, construction, communication and transport. It's a pretty cool concept, but I've never been, and I thought it would be cool to go with some friends." Alain was becoming a really good friend, but it was a shame that we were going home soon.
We arrived at the museum, found a parking spot and walked to the main entrance. The main entrance was a open plaza that looked like a medieval style, with blue shackled roof's, and castle type architecture. There was also a little green field that people were having picnics and hanging out on. We walked inside, and saw an old, famous flying machine. It was very large, and had a big wingspan, and propellers. We walked down the hall a little more, and Alain pointed out a old car that looked more like a chariot. "This is a very old car, and it looks like a chariot, but it's actually a working car," exclaimed Alain. Connor and Alain were basically tour guides and they both knew a lot about the museum. Down the hall, in a large room, there were planes that were hung to the ceiling, and some trains on the wall. They were pretty cool, and we spent some time looking at them, and taking pictures. Gene took a picture of it, and said, "these planes look pretty cool, but not as cool as my collection of supreme stickers." We all shook our heads, and didn't talk to Gene for 15 minutes. We also saw a mini Statue of Liberty, and some old bicycles. There were also lots of gizmos, gears and gadgets that we didn't know about. There were also lots of old inventions from the Industrial Revolution and other periods of history.

When we were finished looking through the museums various amazing exhibits, it was 5:30, and we were all hungry. We decided we wanted some actual French food, so Alain hooked us up. We explained that it was one of our last days in Paris, so he wanted to celebrate our friendship, so he called his mom and she said she was gonna cook up a real French meal. We drove to Alain's house, and arrived at 6:15. Alain's house was about 20 minutes away from the hotel. We walked inside, and got a whiff of the various smells of French foods. We all sat down at the dining table and Alain's mom brought what looked like the first Thanksgiving feast. There was so much food, and it all looked very good. The best part was that it was all native to France, and it smelled delicious.
She brought out baguettes, baguette sandwiches, soupe a l'mignon gratinee (onion soup), croque-monsieur (ham and cheese sandwich), quiche au salmon et crevettes (salmon and shrimp quiche) and mousse au chocolat (chocolate mousse). Each food was popular in France as traditional food. We tried all the different foods, and they were all delicious. We had the mousse for dessert, and it tasted like chocolate ice cream. We took about 45 minutes to eat, and talk about our lives, and what it's like to live in France versus living in America. At 7:15, we left the house, and said goodbye to Alain's mom, because we probably weren't going to see her again. Alain drove us back to the hotel, and we got there at 8. We said goodbye to Alain, and went up to our hotel room. Will crashed, and went to bed immediately, and Ethan and Gene went and laid down in bed. Connor went to the bathroom, and I went to go and lay down, but I slowly fell asleep pretty easily, thinking about how the rest of the trip was going to go.