I know that many people come to Paris for the shopping... the fashion world is HUGE here. I am not a shopper but the lure of christmas marts springing up called. My son actually was the one who suggested we head up to the Champs des Elysses again to look more closely at the stalls we passed the other day. We headed up one side and then down the other. It was strange to have such a strong military presence but also reassuring at the same time. After passing the 5th remote controlled store and the 80th scarf shop we headed back home again. We window shopped along the way. We stopped at Cafe St Germain - it was quiet when we arrived and hopping by the time we left. We dined on escargot, ham and cheese omelet, ravioli, penne with tomato and basil sauce, and veal with taglatelli. YUMMY!
When we finally got home we found dad home from his conference. He wanted to go see Paris with us. Little did he know that we were done for the day. I wanted to go visit a department store just to see if they were any different than in the US. They are very similar. I was surprised to see the furs just out on the floor versus under lock and key. When we got outside we discovered there were more stalls all around the base. little did I know that we could have walked less than 1/2 mile and achieved the same results. We then showed dad the cemetary we explored the other day and found the close diner we hoped to visit during our time here.
We then went off to collect our dinner. To the grocery for more milk - one liter does not last very long in this family. Then two doors down to the bakery for our baguette... on down we showed dad the fish store with WHOLE fish displayed. Two doors down from the fish was our cheese shop - we tried 3 more new cheeses for dinner. After passing 3 wine shops we stopped in at the fourth one and got our bottle for dinner. We dined on our collection of items from our travels. Tomorrow we will start our ranked list of must sees in Paris - just wait until you see what was first....
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