Last night in Paris

What greets us every morning. 6th floor! This is why Parisians are in shape.



Today we did some brief walk-bys of L'Opera House and the mall located across the street.



Then to the Musee D'Orsay


Look I'm standing on Paris!




Which one did Monet paint colorblind?




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Afterwards, we decided to go back home.

But not without buying all dark chocolate from this wonderful Chocolatier!


And don't forget about the Fromagerie! Ummm smelled so good! But we didn't have time to check it out since we had to get ready for a night out on town.


With the boys before going out


<3


On le metro to Erhan's friend's place right outside of Paris.


When we arrived outside the apartment, we were greeted with none other than Erhan yelling "ALLO SALOPE!" Then he quickly realized that everyone around him understands French and ran back into the apartment complex to hide.

Isabel, Carlos, L'Erhan D'Ilhan, Raf, and I. Aperitif time! Champagne, Ricard (blechh), Bugles and chips.


Carlos graciously drove us to eat at Commerce du Paris in the 15th. This place was HUGE! You wouldn't think so from looking on the outside of the restaurant.



Me and Shirin


Timo got scallops!


L'Erhan only eats meat well done... ???


This is what I had. Beouf with mushroom/cream sauce. This was SO rich and tender!


This is what Raf ordered. Probably the best duck breast I have had thus far! Funny thing is, Shirin ordered the same thing and wanted medium well to well-done. The waiter was like "Non" - they won't cook it like that because it tastes best when it's medium. hah!


Good times!


Dinner was lots of fun. Great food, great friends, and funny/great waiters. Dinner started around 10pm I believe. We didn't get out until 12:30! How cool is that? Everything in the states closes at 9 (except for Denny's and bad Pho places, of course). Afterwards, I was sooo incredibly sleepy but this was our last night in Paris - I had to trek on!

In a French club that played an interesting mix of music - old French songs - trance - Madonna - American alternative. It was VERY hard to breathe because of all the smoking. It was like being hotboxed - blech! (Btw, January 07 is when they outlaw smoking indoors - I wonder how that is going to pan out!)



At the end of the night, around 330am.


We had to catch the metro to the airport around 600 so I decided to stay up all night (can you believe it... ME? Pull an all nighter??) By the time I finished packing and showering, I had 30 minutes to kill so I decided to cook an omelette. Ah ~ never too tired to cook!