Paris, 05/26/24

Started with the traditional Sunday morning trip to the Bastille open market. This is one of the biggest markets in Paris and happens every Sunday. Normally go to the Breton booth for a galette, but wasn’t feeling like Sausage and mustard and cheese at 9:30am so ended up with some Vietnamese spring rolls instead. Met up with John R. And did the rounds of his favorite merchants while he stocked up. Then a metro ride to the Rodin Museum and spent some time in the gardens there. (Insider tip: join the museum and you can go anytime you want with no reservation, renewal was 27 Euros for the year!) From there a quick snack of escargots at the La Terrace du 7eme before heading to Printemps. This is a big department store and the cheese Monger in my neighborhood said that they had a restaurant there where I could taste more cheeses. This ended up being magic, as the restaurant was on the 8th floor with an outdoor terrace all around and I had a spectacular view. Had a Smash burger no bun and the a three cheese selection. Not sure how I had never heard of this, but really great view, good food and fair prices… A definite find. Walk through Rue de Montorgueil on the way back and a quick shelter to hide from a passing rain storm. Took some down time, laundry etc. and passing on dinner after the big lunch.

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