Another Enjoyable Day!

We spent another enjoyable day in Gay Paree!

Our first stop was Laduree, a shop famous for its 'macarons'. Joe and the saleslady had a 'lost in translation' moment.....he wanted a 12 euro box of macarons but she gave him a box of 12 macarons. Not that it was a problem except that 12 macarons cost 24 euro! That's almost $36.00 (Cdn) for 12 small little cookies! I did the math and almost fainted when I realized they cost $3.00 each! We've since eaten a couple with our tea and I must say they are like eating a cloud. They are delicate, sweet, soft and YUMMY! Not bad for something that is only one and a half inches across.

After blowing most of our day's budget at Laduree, we pressed on and went to Debauve et Gallais, Paris' oldest chocolate shop. Open since 1800, they made chocolates for Napolean and France's kings. Now they just sell them to commoners like us. ( And they weren't all THAT great.)

As we were walking back to our apartment for lunch, we stopped in at a store on our street called Deyrolle. From the window displays it looked like a gardening shop. It was....on the first floor. We went up to the second floor only to find it to be a taxidermy shop! Every animal you can imagine was stuffed and mounted. Not to mention insects and butterflies. There was a giraffe on sale for 25,600 euros! A stuffed rat went for 150 euros. I mean seriously. Who buys this stuff?

After a nap and a soak in the tub, we packed up a picnic supper and headed over to Le Tour Eiffel to watch the sun set and to see the lights come on the tower.

Another enjoyable day indeed!