More Wednesday, July 14th
We are in Israel. We have joined the group in Tel Aviv.
But back to our last days in Paris.
We had a wonderful dinner at Bouquinoste (still not sure about that spelling). I will have to leave it to Emily to recount the menu but suffice it to say we had some very inventive dishes, some which didn't seem to match the menu description but were wonderful anyway and Sarah had a dessert that came with a scoop of ice cream made from a marshmallow infused with either lemon or lime.
The next day we woke to a threatening sky. It was Bastille Day so Eric Kayser was ferme and we had to settle for PAUL (a chain bakery-they have one at CDG-but still yummy) We managed to get about half way to the Pompideau Center before the rain came down. I have never seen rain this hard before....at one point all 4 of us were huddled in a store front doorway with a small overhang with about 5 or 6 African street merchants trying to stay dry. After about 10 minutes of that the rain let up to a gentle downpour and we continued on to the Pompideau with the hotel umbrellas. To be up on the 6th (top) floor with the incredible rainstorm and thunder, it was pretty incredible. We saw the permanent exhibit, which was terrific. I don't remember having seen it before because usually we just sit outside and people watch without going inside! We had lunch at the cafe and waited for the rain to stop. It finally did after about 3 hours (and a lot of modern/contemporary art later) and we walked back to the hotel. Everyone napped (except Deb who did 2 loads of laundry at the laundromat around the corner). Amazing what 3 days of clothes can be.
At about 7:45 Laura walked from work (she is now at the Mac store that just opened at L'opera). We took a cab to Le Dome (we broke down, the girls really wanted to go...). We all had fish..of course. I was feeling so fruit deprived I had the melon glace for a first course (it was so sweet and perfect but I have never paid so much for a piece of fruit). Marc had his favorite Sardine dish (and asked if they had "rogets", which they did not). Sarah had the little fried fish with too many bones and Em and Laura shared a Salmon Fume dish to start. Then the girls (and Laura) got their favorite Langostine with pasta and Marc got John Dory and I had a white fish with capers and vinegar. All delectable. We did have wine but Marc will have to fill in those details.
For dessert: Sarah had fraise de bois and Laura and Em shared raspberry and peach ice cream. Marc had pistachio and coconut icecream and I had a spoon. Metro back and packed up for our trip out.
We are in Israel. We have joined the group in Tel Aviv.
But back to our last days in Paris.
We had a wonderful dinner at Bouquinoste (still not sure about that spelling). I will have to leave it to Emily to recount the menu but suffice it to say we had some very inventive dishes, some which didn't seem to match the menu description but were wonderful anyway and Sarah had a dessert that came with a scoop of ice cream made from a marshmallow infused with either lemon or lime.
The next day we woke to a threatening sky. It was Bastille Day so Eric Kayser was ferme and we had to settle for PAUL (a chain bakery-they have one at CDG-but still yummy) We managed to get about half way to the Pompideau Center before the rain came down. I have never seen rain this hard before....at one point all 4 of us were huddled in a store front doorway with a small overhang with about 5 or 6 African street merchants trying to stay dry. After about 10 minutes of that the rain let up to a gentle downpour and we continued on to the Pompideau with the hotel umbrellas. To be up on the 6th (top) floor with the incredible rainstorm and thunder, it was pretty incredible. We saw the permanent exhibit, which was terrific. I don't remember having seen it before because usually we just sit outside and people watch without going inside! We had lunch at the cafe and waited for the rain to stop. It finally did after about 3 hours (and a lot of modern/contemporary art later) and we walked back to the hotel. Everyone napped (except Deb who did 2 loads of laundry at the laundromat around the corner). Amazing what 3 days of clothes can be.
At about 7:45 Laura walked from work (she is now at the Mac store that just opened at L'opera). We took a cab to Le Dome (we broke down, the girls really wanted to go...). We all had fish..of course. I was feeling so fruit deprived I had the melon glace for a first course (it was so sweet and perfect but I have never paid so much for a piece of fruit). Marc had his favorite Sardine dish (and asked if they had "rogets", which they did not). Sarah had the little fried fish with too many bones and Em and Laura shared a Salmon Fume dish to start. Then the girls (and Laura) got their favorite Langostine with pasta and Marc got John Dory and I had a white fish with capers and vinegar. All delectable. We did have wine but Marc will have to fill in those details.
For dessert: Sarah had fraise de bois and Laura and Em shared raspberry and peach ice cream. Marc had pistachio and coconut icecream and I had a spoon. Metro back and packed up for our trip out.
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