Next stop Madeleine (too late but worth going back for more)

The sun was getting low in the sky and Melissa still had a few things on the right bank to see before we tried to find dinner. Upon exiting the metro stop at Madeleine, Melissa spotted Fauchon, a favorite gourmet boutique where she picked up some tea for her Mother. While she was buying, I did some searching for the last Art Nouveau public toilets in Paris, which were rumored to be right near there. In the middle of the square was an enormous classically designed building, which I mistook for a library, but was in fact the Church of Madeleine. It was closed for the evening but lots of tourists were gathered on the steps leading to the entrance and after turning the corner I discovered why. They face the great obelisque square which sits between the Touleries Gardens and the Champs Elysee. What a sight to behold. I turned the corner, rushing back to get meet Meliss and happened upon the entrances but they were closed for the evening. We regrouped and headed off to look for some special socks to bring back to Melissa’s employer Annie at a store called MiaZia. Unfortunately, they too were closed so we headed off to attempt one more purchase. We didn’t imagine Laduree, the worlds most amazing (if we do say so) purveyors of pastries and other assorted goodies would be open, and we were right. However, one look in the window demanded that we make a trip back to Laduree before we left Paris (and we did just that the next day).