Bon soir, mes amis! This will be my last entry on our holiday trip to Paris and, instead of a lot of gabbing, it’s just going to be photos taken while we were there. Some you may have seen in earlier entries but there are some new ones here, too.
Enjoy!
Friday evening: British Airways offers on-the-ground-buffet dining for some overnight flights
AAC, CPA taking advantage of same
Our Open Skies cabin
Saturday morning: Checking into the fabulous Peninsula Paris
Saturday afternoon: AAC, CPA arrives at the Arch de Triomphe: Bon jour, Paris!
And then grabs lunch at Ladurée just down the Champs Elysses
Classic Club Ladurée
The hotel provides us with our own stockings
Saturday evening: Negronis at Bar Kléber at the Peninsula
Followed by Christmas Eve dinner at Bistrot de L’Oulette
Sunday morning: Christmas continental breakfast at Le Lobby
Sunday afternoon: checking out the competition – Four Seasons George V
Sunday evening: Pre-opera dinner at L’Opera
Followed by AAC, CPA at the Palais Garnier
The grand foyer and Christmas tree at the Palais Garnier
Iphigénie en Tauride curtain call
Christmas Night: the Champs Elysses all gussied up
Monday morning: Irina, of Paris Muse, shows us the Louvre
And we get to see the Mona Lisa. Wait, what???
Monday evening: AAC, CPA arrives at Le Grand Véfour
The jewel-box dining room at Le Grand Véfour
Sensational duck liver ravioli – one of their “Classics”
Post-dinner view from our Uber on the way back to the hotel
Tuesday morning: AAC, CPA takes Le Metro to our next Paris Muse tour
AAC, CPA outside of Notre Dame Cathedral
And with our terrific Paris Muse guide, Jason
Tuesday evening: Cocktails and dinner at Monsieur Bleu
Cool light fixtures at Monsieur Bleu
View from the best tables at Monsieur Bleu
Wednesday afternoon: Lunch at Caviar Kaspia
You always get pickles with your caviar – a Russian thing?
2nd course of “The Rasputin Set” – caviar with a baked potato
Famous sites on the way back to the hotel: the Madeline
Place de la Concorde – late afternoon
Wednesday evening: 42nd Street at Théâtre du Châtelet
AAC, CPA at Théâtre du Châtelet
42nd Street onstage at Théâtre du Châtelet
Thursday morning: Paying a visit to Jeu de Paume
Seeing the exhibit “Uprisings”
Thursday afternoon: And now over to Bibliothèque nationale de France
AAC, CPA pays homage to Richard Avedon and Audrey Hepburn
Part of the Avedon exhibit at Bibliothèque nationale de France
Thursday evening: Gala farewell dinner at L’Oiseau Blanc atop the Peninsula Paris
The view from our table at L’Oiseau Blanc
AAC, CPA takes a picture at L’Oiseau Blanc
A replica of the actual L’Oiseau Blanc (The White Bird)
Friday morning: AAC, CPA heads back to reality and New York City
That’s all, folks!!
theculturedtraveler 