Paris Musings
Can you think back and remember with vivid detail, a perfect day?
On October 1, 2009 we spent the final day of our 25th wedding anniversary trip to Europe, in Paris. The morning was filled with the exquisite art of the Impressionist painters at the Musee d’Orsay. The Musee was walking distance from our hotel and our first stop was at one of the many Brasseries on various corners where we savoured our croissants and cappuccinos. In Paris, couples don’t sit across from each other but side to side with their faces to the street. The perfect way to keep warm and watch the world go by at the same time.
The afternoon was spent strolling the Champs d’Elysee. We began at the Louvre which was across the Seine from our hotel and ended at the Arc de Triomphe. In between we found a famous tea house called Laduree (to think that we almost stopped at Movenpick!).
This exquisite restaurant has been run by the same family since 1862. All the paper products and china cups and tea pots were soft pastels of pink, lavender, periwinkle blue and mint green.
We ordered the house specialty of macarons. They were unlike anything we had ever sampled. There was a cake layer, a cream layer and then they were covered with a candied meringue. We sampled pistachio, coffee, chocolate and caramel. We also shared a divine cake layered with a pistachio creme and raspberries.
Kath’s quote:“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for all of Paris is a movable feast.” – Ernest Hemingway
