Paris Round 2

We found it!

This weekend we tackled Paris again. It was the same drill. We left early Saturday morning and caught a train to Lyon Part Dieu where we took the TGV to Paris! As soon as we arrived we went down to the metro and took it to our hotel. We had no issues this time as we knew what we were doing and how the metro works from our last visit. It was very simple.

During our first day in Paris, we went shopping to different areas where we have not been to before. Our main focus was baking supplies. Before we hit up those stores, we went to Rue Cler. This street had many different bakeries and neat shops on it. After that we spent most of our afternoon going into baking supply stores and looking for the best deals.

We went into three stores. The first one we stopped into was Déco Relief, followed by Mora, and then E.Dehillerin. All three of these stores were amazing. I was in heaven. It had everything a baker could possible want. E.Dehillerin was an amazing store. It was over one hundred years old and has not been updated. It had a factory feel and smell to it. Everything was in wood shelves and the aisles were very small. This store was also the store Julia Childs shopped at and bought copper pans. From this store I picked up some bowl scrapers that had the name and address of the store on it. In Mora, I picked up some supplies to make entremets, like the entremet rings. Finally at deco relief I got a rubber mold, and praline. The molds were so cheap. They were only seven Euros each! I can't wait to start using everything and baking at home! Any tasters?!

Inside E. Dehillerin

The Louvre

On Sunday, we woke up early to see if we could tour the Eiffel Tower. When we got there the line was crazy at every ticket entrance, so we decided to head to the Louvre and wait in line there, since we have not been there before. Once we arrived at the Louvre, we got in for free since we were students. We walked around and saw all the Greek Gods, Roman Gods, and Egyptians just to name a few. We also saw Aphrodite the most beautiful woman and we saw the Mona Lisa.

The Mona Lisa was amazing. There were so many people trying to take pictures of it. It was crazy. However, Chelsea and I pushed our way through the massive crowd and got pictures of the Mona Lisa. We even got in front of it as well. As soon as we got our pictures we squeezed our way out of the crowd.

Hot Chocolate

After the Louvre, we got lunch and headed to Un Dimanche À Paris where we went to the hot chocolate bar and got drinks. It was so good. I just got hot chocolate where as Chelsea got a tiramisu rum hot chocolate. Next time I go back with my mom and Sarah I want to try their brownie rum hot chocolate.

Our final stop in Paris, before we left to head back to Yssingeaux was Pierre Herme. This is another very famous bakery like Ludree. This will be my last time in Paris before my mom and sister come up on May 11. I am so excited to be spending another week in Paris with them!

Coming back from Paris was another adventure in itself. Once again our train was delayed. Once we final got to Retournac, Ann Marie and a taxi was bringing the nine of us home. Five of us went with Ann Marie. As we were driving home, she heard a strange noise coming from the back of her car. She pulled over just to find out, that she had a flat tire. Ann Marie and Joe changed the tire while we all waited outside in the freezing cold rain at midnight.

This coming week will be a very easy week. Monday we have a field trip, Tuesday and Wednesday we have a day off since it is a French holiday and we will end the week with confectionary on Thursday and Friday. I am also leaving on Friday for Italy for our five day weekend!