Remember
this post? I can not believe it was over a month and a half ago! Where did our time in Paris go? I know, I know...it was a month, who could complain? I actually got pretty homesick two weeks in...I think a lot of that had to do with taking Kody to the airport and wanting to go back with him, but after a few days, I knew there was still plenty to do. PLUS we were going back to London! The last week FLEW by, and before I knew it, it was our last day/night in Paris!
Here's what we did:
I had one of my favorite muffins for breakfast (blueberry with these sugar crystals baked on top -- y'all, they were seriously the best), and Mom, Carol, and I went to that awesome antique/garage-sale-like market. We found some pretty good treasures and had fun wandering around for quite a while.
For lunch, we had Pomme de Pain which is a french fast-food restaurant. Don't judge us; it's really pretty good and we wanted to save up for dinner. I did go ahead and eat my last "tarte" :)
For the rest of the day, we just wandered around the streets of Paris (mainly the Saint-Michel and Saint-Germain, for those of you who are familiar) looking for any cool shops/sights we had missed.
Then we headed for dinner on the Rue Mouffetard. I can't remember if I've blogged about this little street, but the majority of the
food you've seen came from here. It's an awesome place, and was our go to for just about anything we needed because it was only about a five minute walk from our rooms.
There are tons of little cafes up and down the Mouffetard and all of them have outdoor seating kind of like this
There are also a lot of bars on this street -- it is in the Latin Quarter, after all (home to the Sorbonne and many university students). Check out the guy who caught me taking this picture and waved at me!
I took this picture on the first day we were in Paris, and by the time we left, we had tried a majority of these restaurants. In fact, our last meal came from the one on the front left of the picture.
So of course I took a picture of our last meal in Paris!
My mouth is actually watering as I upload these pics. I had tomatoes (I'm telling you again--they have the best) and mozzarella for my appetizer
Chicken in mushroom sauce for my entree (oh my gosh, look at that sauce!).
And chocolate mousse for dessert!
Our view for dinner
After dinner, we went back toward Luxembourg (remember that place we lost Kody on the first day?) to make one more stop at one of the souvenir stops, and eventually we made our last trip back from Luxembourg towards our little home for the month. AT LEAST once a day, every day, this was our view on our walk back home.
The Pantheon
Luxembourg Gardens
And one look back at the Eiffel Tower from where we saw it on the first day
The next morning we headed out bright and early, and it was an extremely long traveling day. A 10.5 hour plane ride, followed by two more plane rides is not exactly fun, but look at the amazing shots I got on the way thanks to a window seat.
It was the trip of a lifetime, and I'm so thankful that it was possible. We met cool people, saw beautiful/interesting/weird/gross/amazing things, learned a lot, and had a great time (most of the time). Thanks to you all for following along on our incredible trip! I was so ready to be home by the end of our extremely long traveling day and ready to stay home for quite a while, but I'm thinking another vacation soon wouldn't be a bad idea three weeks back into a busy schedule :)
Until next time, Paris,
