After Seth and I travel to a new place, we always make our "Best of" lists in a little black moleskin notebook. We decided to share with you our "Top 5" categories from our wonderful honeymoon in Paris (and a few photos too).
Top 5 Alimentaires (foods)
-Foie gras
-Steak Tartare x3
-Canard (duck), which was in our prix fixe menu every day!
-Suckling pig in spicy sauce at Le Pre Verre....mmm so good until I found out it was actually a 2-6 week out piglet :(
-Freshly made crepes with nutella and bananas
(Dressed up for our last prix fixe dinner)
Top 5 Memorable Moments
-Paris St. Germain (PSG) soccer game versus L'orient and despite a nil-nil draw, we had fun sitting with all the hard core fans who were yelling the whole time.
-Hanging out under Pont Neuf and along the Seine watching the sunset and then the Eiffel Tower sparkle. Then planning ahead and packing a picnic dinner (baguettes, prosciutto, goat cheese and strawberries and bottle of wine) the next night to sit on the Ile de la Cite with thousands of other young, hip Parisians after resting our aching feet by taking an hour and a half boat ride around the most popular sights, including the Eiffel Tower (we would kiss every time we saw it on the whole trip).
-Buying a Shaler etching of the Seine at night in a gallery nearby and then getting to drink champagne with an Australian couple who had purchased a smaller painting by a more famous person that was at least 10 times more expensive.
-Watching the hustle and bustle of the Quatier Latin from a sidewalk cafe on a beautiful Saturday afternoon
-Hanging out on a beautiful spring afternoon in the Luxembourg gardens. We especially enjoyed watching dozens of children eagerly wait for their sailboat to make it across the fountain so they could push it with their stick to the other side.
Top 5 Overall Places
-Getting lost/overwhelmed in the museums - The Louvre and Musee d'Orsay
-Going to the "Just Art Paris" exhibition in the Grand Palais
-Walking along the canals - Seine and Canal St. Martin
-Spending hours wandering around the busy Sunday morning farmers market at the Marche del Algier and then sorting through knick-knacks, $4,000 vintage dresses, and unbelievable antiques in the endless allies of the Marche aux Puces St. Ouen.
-Petit Trianon part of the Versailles garden - a little village for the queen and her 19 children!
Top 5 Things We Learned
-Paris has the most efficient metro of any city we've ever been to!
-Two of the most important architectural buildings were initially rejected by the Parisians when they were built but are now city icons - The Eiffel Tower and Centre Pompidou
-The misperception that Parisians are rude if you can't speak French - simply not true!
-Fashion is #1 here! Converse "Chuck Taylor" All-Star shoes were SUPER fashionable among the younger generation, as well as silk scarves and other accessories! nearly every street we turned down seemed to have designer boutiques.
-The Louvre was built on the old city fortress.
(Katie in front of a Murano glass exhibit at the Centre Pompidou.)
(All the trees and flowers were blooming for spring. Seth in front of Notre Dame.)
(The statues on Notre Dame Cathedral)
Sacre Coeur
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