When in Paris.....

and it's 92 degrees, you go to MacDonald's. Especially when it's across the street from the stifling and musty Musee de Paleontologie (whose third floor could easily have surpassed 110 degrees) and one's six year-old is about to come unglued from hunger, thirst and heat.

And it's AIR CONDITIONED!! At that moment we were thrilled at the American import!

However, a tepid Diet Coke with no ice isn't really a Diet Doke, though that might be forgiven as MacDonald's also serves beer! And a lovely olive oil vinaigrette with the side salad. And a special Pommes Frites (French Fries) sauce. And, (and I don't know why they haven't thought of this in the good 'ole US of A) takeout bags with handles. (Not that we were taking out; we nearly stayed there all afternoon!)

So, fellow travelers, in the heat of a Paris summer with a child in tow, dont knock MacDonald's!