Lets Play Catchup

Salut! I hope everyone enjoyed a fabulous weekend, I know I did! And I'm going to tell you allll about it. 

Friday

After spending the morning studying for a test and writing an essay and the afternoon taking the test, I finally finished working at 6. I know what you're thinking time to partayy, no you're wrong, it was time to watch "Bethenny Getting Married". Embarrassingly enough, this is one of my favorite shows. 

I just love how crazy and outspoken Bethenny is.

After a sufficient amount of zoning out my friends and I all made dinner. We had delicious sautéed veggies, fresh bread, and cheese from the fromagerie right downstairs from their apartment. 

Then it was time to party. We went to a club called Paris Social Club.  I have to say it wasn't that great. Maybe I've just been spoiled by going to the likes of Fabric, Egg, and Loop in London but this just did not cut it. It was tiny, there was almost no dance floor, and they were playing bad techno music. I'm now on the look out for a fabulous and fun club in Paris, I'm sure I'll find one. I think Paris Social Club was just more geared to techno music lovers than Beyoncé remix lovers like me.  

Saturday

I woke up to a beauuuutiful morning. My friends and I made plans to go to a famous open air market called The Saxe-Breteuile Market. There's a great link for information on a bunch of Paris markets here. The market was supposed to close at 2:30, but because we're in France it actually stopped at 1:30, but we were still able to get some yummy snacks. 

The highlight was definitely the fruit man (picutred above), he sold the most delicious dried strawberries they tasted like fruit snacks. And, he said there was no added sugar (I'm not sure I believe him though). He sold other things like nuts, spreads, and veggies, but his fruits were the highlight! 

And look at the amazing view from the market:

Inspired by the view we decided to picnic in front of the Eiffel Tower. 

After resting for a while we went out to dinner at a great place in the 14th called Le Verre Siffleur. I highly recommend the chicken skewers, and please please order the chocolate cake. It is so gooey and delicious, we shared one between four people but I could have easily eaten four cakes by myself. 

Sunday:

Not the day of rest for this girl! Today was a very special day for me, if was my first trip to Ladurée this time in Paris. And it was just as charming and lovely as I remember, and their macaroons were fabulous.

I got yelled at for taking that photo, so I hope you all appreciate it. Don't all the deserts look like little gems on display? They are so beautifully crafted! I just wanted to buy them all (but couldn't, 6 euros for a mini eclair! I could buy two bottles of wine for that!). 

I settled on two macaroons, a black forest flavored one and a carmel one. They were both delicious, but the black forest one was especially delicious! 

I'm sure this is just one of many trips here this semester, especially since I discovered that there is one about a 20 minute walk from my apartment. 

I'll leave you all with a picture of my walk home today. Sometimes I just get overwhelmed that my walk home includes a view of the Eiffel Tower, way better than the view of Commerce Bank I use to get when I walked home from high school.