A bit more about food in Paris

It is raw seafood season in Paris! In front of many restaurants, who still have sidewalk seating areas with overhead heaters, are tables of ice out on the sidewalk loaded with fresh seafood. Lisa had cockles and scallops, and perwinkles and I can't remember all else. We shared escargots for an appetizer and had a wonderful wine, a 2007 white burgundy. I was able to find a bottle of the same wine and bring it home and Graham has been disappointed that he can not find any to purchase. It cost me 6 euros in the grocery store. about $9.

Our first night in Paris we found a little bistro near the Sorbonne. Entering at 6pm, we were the first people in the restaurant and had the wait staff to ourselves for about 15 minutes before some people from Australia wandered in. The waiters were eager to tell us about their visits to the US and also had questions about President Obama.

Lisa loves crepes.....who doesn't? We saw one street in the 6th where there were 6 or 8 restuarants that specialized in crepes. They can, however, be considered one of Paris's fast food opportunities, as they take about 3 minutes from order to in the hand...and mouth. Here Lisa is waiting albeit a bit impatiently for her first one of the trip. The cook, a young man from Southeast Asia who spoke English with an American accent, French with a Parisian accent, and he told me two other languages, prepares her nutella crepe. He told us he came to Paris so he could become a film director.











Pastries......French pastries......hmmmmmm

There is really not much more needed to say.....these photos of some pastries as well as Lisa's facial expressions, say it all.