Today we visited the Sacre-Coeur area.
We had lunch in a creperie that served bretonne style crepes. I forgot to take a photo of our very good entree crepe, which was topped with prawns and scallops, but I did remember to take a photo of our dessert crepe with bananas, caramel and ice cream- yummy!
This morning we visited Napoleon‘s tomb, which is a couple of blocks from the hotel.
We walked by a street market and saw this woman making a savory crepe:
One of the things that I’ve been looking forward to on this trip to Paris was having a cup of thick hot chocolate at Angelina, near the Tuileries garden. There was a half hour wait to get into the restaurant, but it turned out to me worth it. We had their brunch, which consisted of a cup of hot chocolate, baguette, chocolate croissant, orange juice, eggs Benedict, and dessert of a dessert crepe or French toast. The hot chocolate was very good, however, I had thought that it would be very thick like the hot chocolate that we’ve had in Madrid, which was so thick that a churro would stand up in the chocolate.
I thought the star of the meal was a French toast, which tasted of custard.
The room was crowded, but elegant.
Today we visited one of my favorite buildings in the world, the Frank Gehry designed Museum for the Louis Vuitton Foundation.
This evening I went for a walk to the Eiffel Tower, which is a couple of blocks from our hotel:
Today we visited the Notre Dame cathedral, where there were long lines, but we decided to go for it. It’s back to its old self, with no evidence of the fire.
we visited the Pumpido center, which is a modern new center for Modern art. It was designed by a well-known French architect, but it looks industrial, which is not easy to appreciate.
I have been looking forward to having a cup of French hot chocolate, and we found a shop serving hot chocolate, but it was not like the Spanish hot chocolate, which was memorable because it was so thick that you can stand a spoon in it.
For dinner, we followed the recommendation of the woman at the front desk of our hotel at eight at a French restaurant got a couple of blocks from the hotel, called La Terasse. Marge and I shared a veal dish with some very nice sauce, and a Thai prawn salad, which had lots of greens (to Marge’s delight) and some prawns.
Weather: it’s been cold, with day time highs in the low 50’s and evenings and mornings just above freezing. When we go out I wear flannel lined pants and thermals, and my down coat.
After breakfast today, we walked to the galleries Lafayette department store, because we had heard that they have a roof with a very nice view of Paris. It was well worth a visit and it was nice to see their famous rotunda.
We walked over to Place des Voges and had lunch. I took a photo of Marge’s appetizer of bursts and tomatoes, but forgot to take a photo of my Salade Nicoise.
After lunch we walked over to the Louvre pyramid:
We walked through this nice courtyard
We departed SFO at 3 pm and arrived in Paris after a 10.5 hour flight, arriving at around 10 am. Our friends Irene & Robert are with us for our 8 day stay.
I can’t sleep on planes so I feel like a zombie. We are staying at a hotel just off our favorite street, Rue Cler, which filled with cafes, Patisseries, small restaurants and fruit vendors.
Here’s our hotel, where we have stayed several times before because of its location just off Rue Cler:
Here’s a photo of Rue Cler:
We walked a couple of blocks to the Eiffel Tower, but unfortunately there is construction around it, but that doesn’t hide the iconic landmark
It’s chilly, so I have to remember to wear lots of layers, and to have a bowl of French Onion soup at a cafe on Rue Cler:
We passed a very inviting and busy patisserie:
