J' Heart Paris (Part Two)

After experiencing what felt like the entire subway system of Paris on the first day there, we decided to boycott the system all together and walk everywhere on Saturday. The morning started out with brunch at a typical Parisian outdoor café including coffee, croissants, baguettes with butter and jam and orange juice. I also had eggs and bacon and toast, but hey, I figured we would walk it off by lunch. From there we headed East to the Rodin Museum to see the Thinker, then on to Notre Dame, the Pompidou, up north to check out a purse store (which was closed for the month of August), after which we stopped for a snack. Snack turned into two bottles of wine and a basket of deep fried goodness (chicken tenders, onion rings and French fries).

After the replenishments, we headed West to the Louvre and the famed shopping street, Champ Elysees. Erin and I might quite possibly be the first two Americans to experience only the outside of the Louvre and more importantly, be somewhat intoxicated during that experience. We didn’t make it inside the Louvre since it would take too long and we had more important things to do (like drink wine), but we did manage to check out the food court and bathrooms. From the Louvre we headed down the Champ Elysees and ended the tour at the Arch de Triumph, where we hopped in a cab to take our tired asses back to the hotel.

A half an hour later, we were dressed and in another cab on our way to La Petite Chaise, Paris’s oldest restaurant for quite possibly one of the best “dates” of my life. Erin and I dined on escargot, smoked salmon, lamb, duck, and fruit plates, all complimented with the perfect wines. We ended the evening at a trendy bar called Budda Bar getting free drinks (and shots) from the bartenders. After which, Erin serenaded me and her sister goodnight using all of the swear words she had learned in French and calling us all dirty whores.

Sunday we enjoyed another amazing lunch, I said goodbye to this sisters and hopped on the train back to my home in Zurich.