Paris: Day 1 (December 29)

We got into Paris in the afternoon and our apartment is beautiful! It's small, but really sweet and wonderfully decorated. There are two bedrooms and 3 bathroom units, however one has a toilet and the other two are just showers. It's a little weird, but it works okay for now.







We are in the 6th arrondissement, which is right near St. Germain des Prés. It is such a vibrant area, with many cafés and shops right in our neighborhood. The rue de seine is the closest street, and that is where many of the cafés, shops, food stands, etc. are. We went to this great pastry shop along there called (need to check!), that Dad had read about. He got this opera chocolate dessert and Mom got madelines. The madelines in Paris are so good! I never really liked them before, but I think that's because I never had them very fresh.

At 7 pm we went to Le Christine for dinner. Of course they have no record of our reservation even though Dad showed them the confirmation email. They told us to come back at 9:30, so we did. The food was really good. Mom and I got the bass in salt crust with fennel, sweet pepper white butter sauce and tagliatelle. They brought the fish out for us and then took it to a nearby table to chop off all the salt. Mine was really good, however Mom thought hers was a little too salty (because she had the top half). For dessert I had to get their "famous" semi cooked chocolate cake (aka molten lava cake) with pistachio cream and almond ice cream. Anthony got a sampler of three creme brulées (cinnamon, vanilla and chocolate). They were soo good! I love Paris already!