Quinn's breakfast... millefeuille
We met Mom and Dad at Le Bon Marche to kick-start the day. We went next door to La Grand Epicerie to show them all of the gourmet food at the upscale grocery store. La Grand Epicerie is my favorite gourmet food store in Paris because it reminds me so much of Marche in Toronto. When we were there today, it reminded us of Costco because of all the free samples they were giving out!
Cafe with a heart-shaped sugar cube hanging from the side...
The Seine River cruise for Bateaux Mouches departs near the base of Pont d'Alma. Once we got onboard, we sat upstairs to enjoy the view. The Seine River cruise is a great way to get an overview of the city's sites in an hour. It comes with commentary translated into 6 different languages!
For some more sightseeing, Quinn and I gave my parents a tour of Rue Montorgueil where they saw the fromageries, cafes, boulangeries, patisseries, chocolate shops, vegetable market, fruit markets, butchers, fish markets, wine shops, flower shops, and more. We stopped in at a few of the stores to pick up some goodies (cheese from the fromagerie, baguette from the boulangerie, pain au chocolate from our fav Maison Jouvin, wine from the wine shop).
At L'Atelier du Chocolat, we ordered two cups of chocolat chaud. To make the hot chocolate, the sales-woman broke off some chocolate pieces from the baskets of chocolate and stirred in some fresh, hot milk. That's what I call fresh hot chocolate!
My mom was a bit snap-happy with the camera, but thankfully she was because now I can use all of her pictures for my blog! Thanks Mom! :-) 250+ pictures a day with 12-14 hours each day out on the town equates to 1 picture every 3 minutes.
A picture of Quinn and I going into our apartment...
One of my fav part of my parents' visit was just hanging out, enjoying each other's company, and being able to show them what our Paris experience has been all about. Relaxing with cheese and wine at home...
We grabbed some drinks across from The Frog and the Rosbif, an English pub that Mom saw on TV back in Cali.
Checking out the ingenious idea of the Parisian bikes...
Parisians eat much later than we do as Americans. Restaurants don't usually open for dinner until about 8pm and the dinner rush is around 9:30pm. Tonight, we didn't sit down for dinner at Aux Troix Maillets until about 11pm, which in Paris standards, is completely normal.
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