Back in the land of the pink toilet paper...

After finding our place so quickly, J1 and I took a little stroll around the area to familiarize ourselves with the area (J2 was so beat, he had to sleep...).

The good news - there's a patisserie around the corner! Oh the treats that were displayed (of course, I had to buy.. and get the baguette for tomorrow morning...)... and there's also a little cheese shop... I think I've died and gone to heaven (yes, it always about the food here!). There's also numerous chocolate shops (yum!). I think I'm throwing my diet out the window for the next 6 days, and deal with the consequences when I get home.

J1 and I stopped for a late lunch at the BHV cafeteria (more on BHV in a little bit). J1 asks "is there any food that's bad here?" - not likely, from my experience... although, come to think about it, I did lose 50 pounds the last time I was here in the following 6 months, so maybe gorging oneself on French cuisine is not a bad thing....

We then stopped in at BHV - Bazaar Hotel de Ville. It's one of the largest department stores in Paris. One of the only, actually... anyway, it's pretty much like any department store, except of course, for the prices. I had my hand on a lovely winter coat, designer label apparently... then dropped it quickly when I saw the price. One cannot be blowing an entire vacation money on a lovely winter coat.... Everything is designer wear, might have to go back at the end just to say I've bought something there.... a plastic bag maybe.. lol

We're pretty beat at this point as we have been up for over 24 hours, so onto the grocery store to pick up little supplies (there's a lot of little ways you can save money in Paris - buying bottled water in bulk is one, and buying breakfast, coffee, etc for the flat, is much cheaper this way than trying to eat a restaurant all the time. Anyway, it's "fun" looking through the grocery store aisles, as things are so completely different here than they are at home.

I'm not sure what is on tap for tomorrow... I can't think much past tonight...