So we went
to the Lido last night http://www.lido.fr/us/ and of course loved all the costumes
and entertainment. I've only seen one show at the Lido and one at Moulin Rouge
but my opinion is Moulin Rouge maybe has more "bells and whistles"
but the Lido has possibly better-looking performers and a bit more talent. I
could be way off with that summary though. One's not better than the other just
slight differences. Of course to get to the Lido we caught the metro to Place
de la Concorde then walked up the Champs-Elysees. And after we took a few pics
of the Arc de Triomphe by night - if the photos print out as well as they look
on the viewing screen they're not bad pictures.
Today was
another perfect day with Jo. We went to breakfast this morning on a cute little
Place - Place La Contrescarpe here in the Latin Quarter near our hotel then
continued on to the Mosquee De Paris. First we did a tour of the Mosquee De
Paris http://www.mosquee-de-paris.org/ that was simple yet amazing - lushest
of green garden in the middle of white walls... stunning tiling. We then went
into their Hamman (Turkish steam bath) and did the steams, body scrub, massage
and mint tea experience. Wonderfully relaxing! Then on site they have an eatery
that specialises in Tajines (North African Stews) and we had a vegetable and
chicken with couscous tajine, is was delicious.
We then
walked down to the Islands and walked Rue St Louis - the ultimate in food shops
and cute little gift stores. It was beyond wonderful - I was nearly giddy with
glee! Anyone who loves food – must must MUST go there. I died and went to
heaven... Fromagerie... Olive oil store ... Chocolate ... Mustards ... Fudge
... Fois Gras ... Ice cream (oh my god the Grand Marnier ice cream with the
soaked orange rind pieces...)
After sort
of eating my way down the street we purchased some cheese, nougat, olives then
later got some bread and wine and had a picnic in a cute park that looks across
to Notre Dame - Square R Viviani. We chatted away and enjoyed the life for at
least an hour then headed back to the hotel.
As we came
back we went through a lane that was highly touristic with a heck of a lot of Greek
yiros places but also salsa dancing restaurants and lots of restaurants that
had these gigantic skewers that had threaded on lamb cutlets, sausages, giant
prawns all in sets of 3, there were other meats on there too (maybe chicken
wings?). There were maybe 6 different meats in total on those skewers and the
whole lane was bizarre. All popped up out of nowhere it seemed.
And that
was our day!
Jo and I
came back to the hotel and packed, fake tanned (Greece tomorrow!), and we're
having an early night - kinda - 11pm bedtime.
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