Baguettes and macarons
Besides seeing a lot of food, you’re going to see a lot of shop windows. They’re all so darling!
I love how many of the shops are closed for a long lunch time… unless, I’m waiting for 2 hours for my school ID (which I still haven’t gotten). But that’s so cool; I feel like America just wants to max their store hours for maximum profits while France just wants to chill, sip an espresso, and finish off a pack of cigarettes.
Class (well, half of it), lunching along the Seine River. NBD.
Painini tomate mozzarella = SO FANTASTIC
Got all our books (besides all the readings posted on Blackboard) at the American University of Paris bookstore. Sigh, we’re here to take a class?
OH HAY THERE. Our first glimpse at the impressive Tour Eiffel. More on that later; we’re still walking towards it. Meanwhile, we past so many bike rental racks. I love how bike (and scooter!) friendly this city is.
Glenn, me, Christine on Champs-Elysees
and that Ashton Kutcher/Katherine Heigl movie Killers? It’s called Kiss & Kill here. It kills me..!
I won’t even apologize for all these images. La Duree was adorable and I’m going back! …and bringing back some treats for lovely people… (: Check out this awesome bar we sat at to enjoy some treats ourselves!
Menthe, framboise, cafe, citron
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You MUST go to Angelina…it’s a famous Parisian little tea shop (?)…whatever, they serve fancy tea and desserts there and it’s amazing!!
oh!! thanks for the suggestions! I honestly haven’t made a list of actual places to go and see on whatever days, and I’m slightly overwhelmed by everything. I’m gonna find it because I love tea and that sounds wonderful (: Paris is so exciting!
love EVERYTHING.
[...] found our way uptown to shop at the new Ladurée in the UES. I went to the original one in Paris this summer, and this was just as darling! Anyway, on to the [...]