food

My last full day in Paris seems to have been dominated by food.  After a visit to Pere Lachaise where we saw the graves of Chopin, Moliere and Oscar Wilde, we headed back to rue Moufettard for some more crepes.  I got a ham and cheese one that was pretty good, but then we went to Carl Marletti’s for dessert.  They have amazing pastries and desserts and I chose a chocolate praline tart.  So, so good!  After eating our pastries by a fountain, we found the Statue of Liberty, took some pictures and then went to the Eiffel Tower where we got some food and enjoyed watching the tourists.  I chose a caramel and chocolate crepe that was amazingly good.  So tasty.  Our last tourist stop for the day was Lovers Lock Bridge where people have padlocked their love to the bridge and thrown away the key.  It’s a cute (if tacky) idea but since I had no one’s initials to write, I mostly helped take pictures and just watched the tourists doing the same.  It was pretty entertaining though.  Then we got gelato at Amorino, a delicious gelateria where they shape the ice cream into flowers!

 

            

Our last day in Paris, Saturday, I decided to save for relaxing and some shopping.  A friend and I went out and actually found some clothes.  I got two tops, both striped from H&M so it was a successful day.  We headed back to London in the early afternoon and though I was sad to leave the sunshine of Paris, it was nice to get back home and be somewhere familiar and where I could actually communicate.  Every time I attempted to speak some of my limited French, all that came out was Italian.  I probably should have just spoken Italian; maybe they would have liked me better.  Despite the language barrier, it was an amazing few days and I already can’t wait to go back someday, hopefully with someone who speaks the language; that would be useful!