Good morning July 8

I am up a little earlier than usual. Mom has had a hard time sleeping at night, so early starts have been tough. Erin is a teenager so sleeping is "de rigeur." I am today 8:30 out of bed and straight to the coffee pot. Erin and mom sleep. Coffee is french press, with cafe arabie, four heaping soupspoons and a full carafe seems to work, bubbling hot water from the Moulinex water boiler that Mom says she saw during her stay in Provence last  fall with Carlaine. The water seems to boil nearly instantaneously. I waited my 4 minutes, as my home french press recommends, but I think it is too weak. I am such a Starbucks girl.
Our cooktop is a induction type. It only works with ferrous materials, and only cooks or heats up if the pan is on the surface. Which is kinds of nice, so it appears like an electric cook top that can be used for another purpose, setting things on it, in between, and can't be turned on if a non metal object in on top of it, but it does get hot in use, obviously, I guess. The "oven" is a combination convection/microwave that we haven't tried yet, probably won't.
I am thinking we need to find a different bakery. Our baguette is not that hard crunchy kind, it's softer. Now I can't remember if that is how is started yesterday, or not, but a thought for today.
And what to do know? I could do Rossetta Stone, or I could read about the history of France, for dummies, or I could plan what to do today, a stroll in Marais was last night's vote, with a stop at the Musee Carnavalet and Victor Hugo house. We haven't been to Place de Vosges yet; sounds good to me. How about the weekend? What would be a Frenchie thing to do? Can we get out to Ile de Re for a day trip? Or maybe to Rambouillet, where I went with my french family when I was on exchange in 1975. I am sad I wasn't able to make a long lasting relationship with the family. I tried reconnecting back in 1981 when Carrie and I came for the 3 week Eurail multiple stop tour of France, Italy Switzerland, and Germany.
Outside the patch of sky I can find at the top of the courtyard is blue and sunny. It doesn't get sunny on the 2nd floor or 1etage, as they call it here (the ground floor is the rez-de-chausser.) I wonder if the upper floors are more expensive? More sunlight, but hotter in the summer, and then the climb up.
Mom and Erin are up.
I have interneted around, but maybe now I'll see what Rick Steves recommends around Paris: Chantilly, Chateau Breteuil,  Chateau Vaux Vicomte, St Germain en Laye...