Our cold day started slowly.
Our only intention for today was to do a bit more shopping and pick up some souvenirs.
We started out at Le Bon Marche. Lily looked around for a gift for her dad, while I tried on hats (turns out my head is 61cm).
Inside Le Bon Marche
We head north to Notre Dame. We walked through the gardens behind the church.
We passed by Paris city hall.
They still had the ice rink open (although it was nowhere near as busy as that first night we saw it) and the free merry-go-rounds were still up (but not being used).
Outside of Hôtel de Ville in Paris
After this we headed to BHV. BHV stands for Bazar de l’Hôtel de Ville as it is right beside Paris City hall. It is another large department store, but the difference with this one is that it has a very large hardware store in it also. There is also a fairly large section aimed at people who do crafts as well.
BHV
We finished up with our shopping and walked by Notre Dame again. No line ups again! Inside we went. This would (hopefully) be our first glimpse of the inside of the church with lights on.
I’m not sure if I preferred it with a bit of mystery of the darkness, when we first went in, or like this, all lit up and highlighted.
iPhone panoramic of the ceiling of Notre Dame
Slightly wonky iPhone Panoramic of Notre Dame
We decided that we would eat out for our last night in Paris, so our search began to find a suitable location. After 40 minutes we decided on Le Boomerang near by the aptartment. It is a tiny, tiny restaurant (maybe 10 tables max. with only 2 of those tables set for 4 people).
The service was very good, once again. The restaurant is run by two brothers, who also run a pizzeria nearby.
Lily got the fondue prix fixe, while I got filet mignon, also a prix fixe. We added a bottle of beaujolais to this. Our appetizers were a ham and cheese salad with walnuts and a pâté. Our desserts were Italian ice cream in vodka and a tiramisu.
The food was quite good, although the salad dressings were a bit too lemony. The waiters were very talkative and giggly.
We were the first evening meal of the night it seemed, but by the time we left the restaurant it was almost full.
We headed back to the apartment (a bottle of wine certainly makes the 103 stairs much easier) and began our ordeal of packing for our departure the next day.
