Day 11 Paris

This morning I got up early and went to get a raisin baguette and take some pictures of the  Luxembourg gardens. Jim and Darcy also got up early this morning and took the Metro over to the Montmartre area while Sylvia didn't do much of anything until almost 11 o'clock when we walked to Galeries Lafayette on Haussman. Shortly after us getting to Haussman Jim and Darcy called, they were finished at Montmartre and decided to walk over to meet us. The Galeries Lafayette are fabulous department stores and unlike any store I have ever seen. It consists of four big buildings, each with 5 to 7 floors of the best of everything. The men's building had seven floors of just men's stuff, and very expensive stuff. The woman's store has to be seen to believe. The food and wine building was to die for. To me it was very impressive, although nobody bought anything. It's worth Googling Galeries Lafayette and looking at the images.

Galeries Lafayette Women's Store

On the walk back to the St. Germain area we stopped at a little cafe with the intention of just getting a beverage, instead we opted for lunch and a beverage. Sylvia had chopped chicken in a puffed pastry, Jim had an Italian salad, I had grilled duck breast, and Darcy stepped out and had a salad with duck liver, duck kidneys, and smoked duck breast. Everybody loved their dish except maybe Jim, you couldn't tell, he never says anything. I was surprise though when he asked to taste some of Darcy's kidneys and liver. I though "This should be interesting, I wonder how our cool French waiter is going to react to someone throwing up at the table?". But jeez, he liked it! Great.

We finally got back to St. Germain by walking through the Arts district. We stopped at a bistro a few blocks from our apartment called Freddy's where we had a couple of bottles of wine and chatted. Afterwards they left and headed back to the Montparnasse area where their hotel was. Sylvia didn't feel like going out for dinner so I went out and brought back a ham and cheese on a baguette. It was pretty much the end of the day. A good day too.

Le Jardin du Luxembourg

Our Apartment