Le Cordon Bleu, US reunion

Today we went to visit Le Cordon Bleu Paris. We didn't have an appointment but luckily, one of the admissions reps had time to take us into the classes. We were able to see a basic class (they were already cooking poulty), dessert classes, and bread-making classes. I picked up a couple applications for myself and Caroline, and also picked up a couple dessert technique books. Ah for the love of cooking. Julia Child went here, and then later revolutionalized French cooking in America. If it wasn't for her and Jacques Pepin's cooking show, my interest in cooking at the young age of 5 would have never happened.



Afterwards, we decided to check out the other side of the Eiffel Tower.

Ginger eyes! (I dared Raf to wear his hair like that the whole day. hehe)


And then we decided to walk around aimlessly, pleasantly soaking up all the sites Paris has to offer. We later unded up at Auguste Rodin's house for the garden tour. To spare the 18729873248973 pictures, I will just post this famous art piece:



We also saw the Gates of Hell, where a French tour guide was describing that all 100 people on the sculpture was real and was put to death for their hideous crimes. One criminal in particular was put to death (including his wife and "descendants) by starvation! That must be the worst punishment ever!

On our way back home, we were FAMISHED - une crepe avec du nutella, here we come!



Raf and his nutella soulpatch


Later on, Erhan, Erhan's sister, and Shirin came into town from Chambley (just outside of Paris). We decided to walk around Saint-Michel to grab a bite to eat.



I always come into contact with the cutest international stray kitties! (In Costa Rica, St. Emilion, etc) This one jumped up on the door like he was going to open it. Cute!


There are too many options here! We really walked around for what felt like an hour to decide on a restaurant. (Good thing we had that crepe!) We stood in front of two Italian restaurants and decided on the one with outdoor seating.



After dinner, L'Erhan and friends had to catch the metro home, so me, Raf, and Timo decided to take a walk.



Notre Dame is so beautiful at night.