First night in Paris, fam pic.
Le Moulin Rouge!!!! We didn't get to watch, it cost 150 euros a person. I expect to go again with friends to watch. =)
The day after the Louvre, we went to Versailles. Heellllla crowded and I was NOT happy. I was most excited to see Versailles because I have a thing for doomed queens AND especially Marie Antoinette AND the film by Sofia Coppola AND the epic costume exhibit sponsored by Chanel; thank you Karl Lagerfeld! The line was sooo long to buy tickets and sooo long to get inside and every room was packed with people exploring! I hated it!
Me, my sister and a big-ass fireplace.
My homegirl! Isn't she beautiful!Now, the costume exhibit didn't allow photographs and the exhibit book cost 52 euros! I would have purchased it anyway if it came in English! Only in French. =( We walked like, 2 miles to Le Petit Trianon (gosh, Versailles is seriously a bajillion acres of land...its own country) and there was a line for the gift shop...I would have purchased EVERYTHING with Marie Antoinette's face on it. All I got was a notebook the size of my Blackberry with the same Marie picture on it for 3 euros.
The last day of travels was mostly just...shopping. This is for Chefboyrdean, the greatest pastry shop in France! Laduree also provided all the pastries for Sophia Coppola's Marie Antoinette film. I go bananas for cute pastries.
Laduree has its own bar. Amazing.
Waiting in line...my heart was beating so fast...I was so excited!
Slowly reaching the little cakes...omg.
I purchased Le St. Honores, the pastry just to the left of those Lips pastries. Except that is the Mint Raspberry flavor (Start on the right side, and count down 7 rows, to be precise) I bought the rose flavored pastry, complete with soft pink frosting, a strawberry jam center, 3 mini flakey pastries and complete with a rose petal on top! The flavor of the frosting was sooo divine. It was very light and refreshing, with a subtle taste and scent of roses! Absolutely genius. It cost me 7.50 euros.
This is the box my rose pastry came in. So cute! If you deduct what the price of the cute packaging costs...the pastries don't sound too bad. =)And of course, I had to get the famous macaroons! 22.80 euros for 13-15 pieces. Ouch, but I had to. The flavors were amazing! Lemon, Vanilla, Pistaccio, Raspberry, Chocolate, Cafe. The colors where beautiful. Unfortunately, they got slightly damaged in my backpack on the way home.
And of course we had to have wine. Sam's first legal time! And she didn't like it. I wished the wine selection here was as diverse and GOOD as it was in Paris. You could get a delicious bottle for 1 to 2 euros!
And that concludes the whole Paris trip. I'm not going to upload in detail Versaille or the Lourve because I suspect it would be dull and boring for anyone who hasn't gone and experienced Paris for real. Ta Ta!
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