Paris Day 6: Miura, etc.

 

Friday

4/26

1pm Miura lunch (PVD) Metro to Musee de la Vie Romantique, wander New Athens and Rue des Martyrs   -Our final boozy lunch was at Miura. -We got up and out around 1130 and headed toward the Arc de Triomphe which is not far from Miura. We had time to kill so decided to “run errands.” Stopped at the post office to mail the postcards. Stopped at Monoprix to look for the ET shopping bags but they didn’t have them. Admired pastries in the patisserie window. Admired the pretty buildings all around. -This was our 4th time at Miura and it was as good as ever. The dining room was filled with French business people. Of the 2 tables open, we chose to sit in between two other diners. But, as always, we could barely hear them talk (they were very quiet talkers). -We got champagne to start and glasses of wine afterwards. Menu dujour was 65E. Can’t remember the starter. Had John Dory as a main, was good. Husband had steak and potatoes. For dessert we both had the outstanding chocolate souffle. Enjoyable meal. Would definitely return. -We took the Metro to Nation for the Musee de la vie Romantique, which gets great reviews. As we stepped out of the station, there was a Monoprix and we stopped in for the bags, which they didn’t have. They did have a whole section of souvenirs so I picked up a few things as well as the Sacre Coeur plus Moulin Rouge bags they had there (it was really close to Moulin Rouge which had lost its sails a couple of days before). And around the corner, on the way to the museum, there was a Starbucks and I got two Black and White Paris mugs! Excellent! -The Musee de la Vie Romantique (free) has a big connection to George Sand who was good friends with the house’s owner, Ary Scheffer, himself a painter whose works were on display. Some Delacroixs were also on display. Sand was involved with Chopin and there was a cast of his delicate hand. The museum was tiny, like 4-5 rooms, and only one was furnished to the period. Not much translated to English. The garden café seating was pretty. It didn’t meet my expectations. -I had printed out a walking tour of the area and we loosely followed it around New Athens. We ended up on Rue des Martyrs which is a really great street! So much going on. We sat at a café and had drinks and people watched. Very enjoyable. -At the end of Rue des Martyrs was the beautiful Notre Dame de Lorette. Her façade/outside was all under scaffolding but inside was very pretty. A group of kids were practicing for a play so the altar was covered up. -We decided to have drinks at Le Meurice again because why not? So took the metro to Tuileries. I made husband walk through the beautiful gardens. There was some major Olympics related construction at Place de la Concorde and in the gardens themselves. We were walking along where the Christmas Market was set up. -At Le Meurice, we were first sat outside in two chairs by the column but moved into the bar before we finished our first drink. The woman pianist was accompanied by a man on the bass. Very nice. The bar was full then empty then filled up again. We were there a couple of hours and got fries. Very enjoyable. -Metro back to the apartment in time for the 11pm sparkle show.

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