Paris: La Arrivee

Perhaps we were a little too slow packing up and leaving our Bordeaux hotel, but we finally realized we had purchased too many bottles of wine and got stumped figuring out how to pack it all into our suitcases. Dolt! So we rushed to the train station, but unfortunately, our American credit card was not accepted by any ticket machines. Hence, we missed our train. Dolt! An hour later, aboard our new train, we could not find Voiture Onze (car 11) because it was on the *other* new train. Dolt!


But after several mishaps, 20 annoying French "Tweens" and a few hours playing musical seats, we arrived in Paris. Finally! We checked into our amazing, free (points) Hilton near the Arc du Triumph. The room had AC! This was our first experience with working AC since we began the trip in the Hilton Lyon. I turned the thermostat low, low, low, low, low, low, low, low and chilled out for a few hours before dinner.


If you're heading to Paris, we highly recommend the book "Hungry for Paris", we replaced our Lonely Planet in the city. We decided that the LP is more geared towards dirty stinky backpackers - not us close your eyes and hand over the credit card honeymooners. We stuck to the two out of four Euro (€€) brasseries because we have had had our share of gastronomic experiences. Regardless, the suggestions from the book were fabulous.


La Maxan, where we dined this night, *only* served a small four course meal, but it was still a gastronomique delight! Jeremy continued his feasting on animal organs, while Nicole played it a bit more safely, selecting steak done a poignant, or medium. Which is basically extra rare, and this time with a fried egg on top! No complaints from either of us. Paris is off to a great start! A santé!


- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Location:Paris, France