Well they're not old - you know what I mean. So seeing Tim & Teresa walking up the Rue Richer was such a treat! We've talked about going to Paris together for years and here we were! The restaurant we planned for lunch, Le Richer, doesn't take reservations and had about a half-hour wait so we went to a bar à vins called Le Sardignac - nice place, nice service, nice wine.
Lunch was excellent. We sat down about 1:40 and didn't leave until just after 4:00. Life is good, really really good. No pictures, if you can believe it, but we enjoyed mackerel, a soft-poached egg in a yummy sauce, steak tartare, a mushroomy, brothy dish with foie gras, daurade, duck, and beef cheeks - and a nice little bottle of Minervois. Great lunch & great company - always a lot of laughs. Anyway, here's their Facebook page since my descriptions didn't do it justice (yummy sauce? Sorry that's all I got!)
Did I mention we slept until 10:30?!?! It was wonderful. Anyway, don't have tons of pics, but I loved the angle on this view of Gare du Nord (train station which takes you to London, among other places) as we rounded a corner.
And this is the nearby (very near) Rue des Martyrs dressed up for the holidays (stupidly early decorating is not just a U.S. thing):
This sounds like a perfect day, especially so in view of how long you spent on lunch. Le Richer looks delightful in its FB photo, and I always like to wander around the old train stations. The Gares du Nord and de l'Est, as I recall, were a bit dicey when I first walked by them ages ago, and now there seem to be many good bistros and wine bars nearby.
ReplyDeleteIt looks as if you've having far better weather than we are in Chicago, but then that is not a surprise -- and may it continue.
Bill