Heres to Bicnics on Cold days. Paris Saturday Feb 7th.

Saturday was a terribly frigid day. But that did not stop us from conquering our goals one bit. We started the day with our first crepe sold right off the street, my preferred way to experience a local delicacy, and headed off to the Jardin des Tulleries. This is a gorgeous open grassy park……. during the summer, currently it is pretty desolate especially on a overcast day. But what was neat is that you can see straight down to the Concorde tower and the arc de Triomphe so it was pretty impressive. After about 15 minutes we got so cold we had to retreat back into the Louve and to do that we had to walk the ridiculous length of the building. There is no way to describe how massive it is unless you see it yourself.
With out-door activities at the bottom of our desired to do list we headed to the infamous Notre Dame. With no hunchbacks in sight it was still certainly an extravangate pleasure to see but what we enjoyed the most was the Le Quartier Latin to the side with small boutiques and restaurants lining the streets. However we left that area without our desired quiche delight that we were hunting for.
The next stop was to Les Deux Magots. A famous restaurant with hot chocolate that even Samantha Brown from the travel channel says is a most have of Paris. I honestly cant describe how incredible it is, but the closest description would be that it is the best chocolate you’ve ever had melted down into your glass. So thick and rich it was just what we needed to warm up on this cold snowy and wet day. With a little ease dropping Katie was able to her our American neighbor mention the location of our next desired location Rue Cler. This market street is one of the back door streets that I read about in my Rick Steve’s book given to me by Mrs Dow. And I am so glad I read this section on Paris because this is most certainly a location I was in search for. Rue Cler is a very small market street not burdened by tourists that result in façade for a true French market. There we were able to find the wonderful array of quiche we seeked as well as cheese, wine, breads and delightful deserts all for a great price. Was just a spectacular back road market that I suggest to any traveler. We bought several items for our planned bicnic dinner (Bed+Picnic=Bicnic) so around 8 pm we finally took a break and enjoyed our discovered delights of brie, salmon, sun dried tomatoes and wine in our hotel room till 930pm. At ten we finished off our day with a city boat tour giving us the ability to see all the great sites over again beautifully lit up.
I want to thank my parents (& my pay checks from BMW) for the opportunity to tour Europe. I am working hard to get the most out of my trip, not just through traveling but learning from the experiences that I am enduring.