Romancing Paris the Last Time

Having stayed here for a year, we've taken Paris for granted. Whenever I suggested going to Paris for the weekend, the Student will find some excuses somehow and suggest other towns in the area to explore. Now that we are leaving the city, I felt that we should bid the city goodbye...Happy Easter Holidays Paris!

This is a landscape that we've been taking for granted too, Le Guichet is the station where we take the train to Paris city...the houses on the slope are always a delight especially during fair weather.

The train station nearest to Supélec.

I was surprised to see the open air skating rink still in service in March!

Open-air skating rink in front of Hotel de Ville

Reminisced buckwheat crepes with a flavour from Bretagne. France in general has a very high quality of butter, which rolls down to excellent pastries and anything butter related. But butter from Bretagne is heavenly! Especially Bordier butter, which Briezh Cafe in Paris also carries. 

I prefer the traditional sweet crepes over the savoury buckwheat types.

Banana caramel with Chantilly crème on the side. Paired with Marco Polo tea from Mariage Freres.

We stopped by Puyricard, hand made artisan chocolates from Provence. The brand usually makes their chocolates every Thursday, without preservatives. And here they are, all prepared for Easter holidays. These are considered average sized, there is another egg by the window that is half my height (pity we couldn't get a good shot due to the reflections of the window).

We've tried their traditional macaroons, which are delicious! These are nothing like those from the pastry shops, when there are 2 macaroon cookies sandwiching some garnishes. These from Puyricard are just the cookie, but are made from almond powder from Provence. Very fragrant and soft in the inside.

Mariage Freres is a tea house that specialises in a humongous variety of tea blends, they even have a tea museum at their basement for visitors. But their display of pastries weren't that appealing...If only there is a tea salon that serves pastries from Lenotre, macaroons from Pierre Hermé, hot chocolate from Angelina and tea from Mariage Freres.

Price for the tea is indicated/person, so we had to get one pot each....a little too much for our bladder to take though.

Last stop for the day - L'orangerie, the museum that is showcasing the last works of Claude Monet, the panoramic view of his lotus pond.