(This will all be downhill after my Paris sex dungeon apartment post.)
We begin with lunch at the Google Paris office, complete with a cheese course (it’s
France!), and top that off with macarons at Laduree in the Printemps department store.
France!), and top that off with macarons at Laduree in the Printemps department store.
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| Julia checks out the Google Paris office. |
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| Lego Eiffel Tower at the Google Paris office |
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| James eats a chocolate macaron from Laduree. |
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| The exquisite Art Nouveau (my favorite period of art!) dome at the Galeries Lafayette department store |
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| The family that berets together, stays together. (For the record, we only tried these on in the shop.) |
To avoid the rain, we explore the Grand Boulevards and particularly the sheltered passages. The passages are basically glass-roofed shopping arcade alleyways from the mid-to-late 1800s, some with impressive iron work and mosaics. We explore Passage du Panoramas and Passage Jouffroy, where my book warns that you can lose yourself here for a few hours. I can see why. There are fascinating stores with antiques, rare books, and old-fashioned candy, and I finally have to drag Mark and Julia away from the boxes of antique postcards.
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| James at the entrance to the Passage Jouffroy |
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| We just liked that the "for dummies" series here was "pour les nuls." |
For a midday snack we Uber to Angelina and share a tea service. (Yay, tea!) It’s not the same as tea in London though. (Boo!) But Angelina is known for their hot chocolate, which is made by basically melting down a chocolate bar. Since they’re known for that I had no choice but to try it. I would have been “le rude” not to. (We end up getting hot chocolate three times in Paris. Angelina’s was the best.)
You might think because we’re in France, Julia is done with her English accent but you would
be wrong. Now Julia specializes in speaking her three French words - bonjour, merci, and
sortie (exit) - with a British accent. Much has been said (by me) of Julia’s British accent
because she’s more daring and excited to talk to people in it, but James’s accent is worth
noting as well. He’s always been an excellent mimic and he floors me when he says his
go-to words for showing off his British accent, “Harry Potter” and “Daddy.”
be wrong. Now Julia specializes in speaking her three French words - bonjour, merci, and
sortie (exit) - with a British accent. Much has been said (by me) of Julia’s British accent
because she’s more daring and excited to talk to people in it, but James’s accent is worth
noting as well. He’s always been an excellent mimic and he floors me when he says his
go-to words for showing off his British accent, “Harry Potter” and “Daddy.”
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| Not sure I want to eat here... (enlarge image) |
Julia’s favorite thing of the day: Laduree raspberry macaron, seeing Eiffel Tower from quite a distance away, tea (salmon sandwich and madeleine)
James’s favorite: Sylvanian Families at toy store
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