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Monday |
4/22 |
10am-5pm Delacroix
Museum 1pm Alliance lunch (him, 5 rue de Poissy, 5e) Things open:
Conciergerie, Deportation Martyrs, Marche aux Fleurs -Our first of 4 “boozy” lunches in Paris. Today was
1* Alliance on Rue de Poissy in a lovely area of St. Germain des Pres close
to the Seine. -We talked about going to the Delacroix Museum first
but didn’t get up early enough to make it worth our time. So we did a wander
about Passy. We walked down to Rue Raynouard close to Balzac’s house and took
a little street called Rue Berton, cobbled between high walls, apparently one
of the original streets in the area. Cute. Clean, no dog poop which was
surprising. We came out and went into Parc de Passy and was that just
gorgeous. Beautifully landscaped, with a nice playground for the kids, arbors
with flowering plants, flowers planted all over. Kind of idyllic. Totally
envious of the people living in the apartments with it as their backyard. -We came out of the park, got a little turned around
and wandered over to Musee des Vins which is a dead end. Figured out a
different route to the Passy Metro station and started our journey to Alliance. -We got off at Maubert-Mutualite and slowly made our
way there. Pretty area. We were a smidge early and the restaurant was empty
but 3 other tables arrived shortly. He greeted us with hand sanitizer. Very
pretty restaurant and view of the kitchen. Lots of people working there—they
kept appearing from out of nowhere, lol. Host had perfect English. They were
very accommodating to my pickiness which I really appreciated. -The host was exceptionally welcoming and helpful. We
enjoyed everything we had and I had to tell him the chicken dish was better
than at Core. -Amuse: spring rolls, crumbly cheese brioche bread
and spicy breadstick, lollipop of carrots, onion tart, foigras cane with
port. Main courses: lobster bread pop-wow!; French caviar; oyster
in cream; sorrel mushrooms and peas;
crab ravioli; sorrel egg and asparagus; artichoke brulee; lobster croque monsieur;
john dory with celery sauce and glass wort; lobster with morels mushroom and
sauce; lamb rack with kidney (ok), peas, and lamb crackling on toast; chicken
with fresh asparagus-wow!; cheese plate. Everything was paired with nice
wines. Definitely would return! -Left and headed toward the river and exceptional
views of Ile Saint Louis, Notre Dame, Hotel de Ville (which now was covered
in tents and security barriers), and into BHV’s Bricolage in the basement. -It’s Lowe’s and Ace Hardware and Sherwin and a
little Target all put together. Really cool. I lost husband for awhile so found
a handy chair and hung out while he shopped. We walked around the main floors
of BHV after but they weren’t quite as exciting as Bricolage, lol. Pretty
store. -Husband wanted to go to La Meurice, eventually, so we
routed ourselves in that direction via Tour Saint Jacques. It’s in a pretty
park and would be cool to climb. My uncle Blaise Pascal’s statue is in the
middle of it. Through the Louvre outer buildings where classical music was
being performed by a cellist, then in another section by a violinist (I
think). Pretty low key at the Louvre it being a Monday later in the
afternoon. We saw the Joan of Arc statue which always looks so impressive on
TdF, but less so in person. -Got to Le Meurice around 645pm. Very expressive black
man on the piano accompanied by a man on saxophone. We were sat in the Dali
restaurant area but eventually moved inside to the bar seating. Impeccable
service and tasty cocktails made for a really nice time. We had 2 drinks in
the restaurant area and 4 in the bar but weren’t charged for the ones in the
restaurant. We brought it to the server’s attention and they seemed grateful
for our honesty and then still only charged us for one drink. -If money was no object, I don’t think I’d choose
this hotel because of its very touristy location but it was sure nice to hang
out there. And I really wish the restaurant would start offering lunch again. -Metro back to La Muette, using the escalator to get
us to the street, lol. Caught the 11pm sparkle show from my window. |
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