Well, since we had a quick dinner of pancakes last night (however, we did get "fancy" and threw in a cup of ricotta cheese;), I thought today would be a perfect day to finish up my posts about Paris.
Day 4 was the day we tried to squeeze in every last thing we wanted to see and we pretty much (ALMOST) achieved it! :) We started our day with our newly discovered breakfast FAVORITE!! I have no clue what it was called, but it was a pastry with a thin layer of custard, surrounded by chocolate chips...this was TO DIE FOR!!!! Talk about the perfect way to start a day;)
After our sugar breakfast, we headed out to THE LOUVRE!!!!....
Where we got to see the "winged victory"...
Anddddd Miss Lisa herself:) Yet, another moment I got teary eyed/awed in Pareee...I could not believe we were looking right at her:)
Well, the teary eyes might have actually been from the squinting...hahahahahhaa....she is that teeny tiny square on that MASSIVE wall! :) ....
But, needless to say, nothing ELSE in the Louvre was SMALL by any stretch of the imagination! It was just as grande and massive as Versailles!!
And art makes you hungry, ya know?? So after hours of walking around the Louvre (and still only seeing 1/10000th of the place!), another treat was in order!
Scott got a cheese stick and I got a Tarte au Sucre....soooo good! One of my favorite treats! (however, the thing that stands out most in my mind about these snacks was my HORRENDEOUS botched attempt to order them in French;) ...it was ugly:)
However, our view while we snacked made up for it:)
So after some tiptoing through the tuileries (gotta burn off that tart, no??)
And a stop at Place de la Concorde (to see where Anne Hathaway threw her cellphone in "The Devil Wears Prada":)
We headed off to the Paris Opera House!!!! We planned on just stopping to SEE it, but I nearly FREAKED when I realized it was open to visit!!! (and just in time, as you see how quickly those dark clouds developed! ;)
And it turned out to be one of the BEST surprises of the whole trip! I don't even have words to describe this place...it was just.....(insert jaw dropping)...
And as if we weren't blown away ENOUGH...JUST as we were LEAVING, we noticed a door open to the auditorium...
...Where my "Phantom of the Opera" loving self got to see the infamous CHANDELIER in person. It was awe inspiring. I'm tearing up as I type this;) I STILL have no words for it;)
After I regained consciousness (kidding, Mom...I'm just kidding:) we headed out for the famous pastry shop, Fauchon's. I will always remember this place as the single most expensive pastries I've ever eaten. (and were they any better than our next door "cheap" bakery?? Not a chance!) However, how can you go to Paris and NOT get a chocolate creme eclair with Mona Lisa's eyes??
We also got an infamous Baba Au Rhum to try (a favorite of King Louis XV...or so I hear;). The little cup was layered with vanilla bean whipped cream (so good) and then the rum soaked pastry in the bottom of the glass...complete with 2 droppers of rum:)...
And we also split this vanilla creme layered bar...I have no clue what the layers were, but it was tasty!
After our 3rd dessert, we strolled around and headed for St. Chappell's Cathedral...a small church a few blocks from the Notre Dame. St. Chappell is famous for it's 360 stained glass windows.....spectacular...
We wandered around a bit more...
...before we headed for MORE food:) Truth be told, this was my least favorite dinner of the whole trip. Mainly because we were just looking for a place to eat quickly, since we had a tour scheduled for that night. So we choose a little sidewalk cafe and I had steak with parsley butter and frites...
And here was Scott's steak tartar...still not too shabby, but just not my favorite (I really wanted fondue, I remember;)
After dinner, we headed for our "Illumination Tour" of Paris....where we got to go up the Eiffel Tower at dusk and watch the city 'wake up' and twinkle below us....
Next we took a cruise down the Seine, followed by a bus tour to see the famous monuments up close and dazzling...
Our last and final sightseeing of Paris concluded back at the Eiffel Tower where we got to watch it twinkle and sparkle as the clock struck 10 o'clock. It was spectacular!
And after four wonderful (and WAY too fast!) days, we headed for home the next morning. It will always remain one of my very favorite trips ever (although they all hold a special place in my heart:) But Paris combined spectacular BEAUTY ANDDDDDDD Deliciousness all in one:) And with that, I'll leave you with some Cheese...
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