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Highlights from sweet Paris

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Hot croissant from the oven at the Patisserie + Boulangerie around the corner from our hotel. Delicious. Mmmm the concentration - important not to drop a crumb of this croissant. So beautiful. Hot from the oven and burning your mouth but so amazing. Buttery. Flaky.

Riding the Velib through the streets of Paris. In particular riding home from the club late at night with a few drinks. The streets of Paris quiet.

The beautiful spring-time streets and gardens of Paris.

St Michel's Chapel. Remarkable. Must be seen. The most beautiful stained glass windows.

The Conciergerie - to take you back to the middle ages.

Dinner at Ave Maria - quirky ?hippie place near Oberkampf station. Mixed cuisine. Not French. Delicious food.

Moulin rouge. Strange. Tacky. Super fun :) Terrible dancing. Terrible choreography. Average food. Still good.

Opera at the Bastille. Not so fun - can't speak French or Italian so the French subtitles weren't useful. So sleepy. Actually fell asleep during it. Shall I have not included this in highlights?

Wandering through the Marais. Beautiful shopping and many Boulangerie. Need much more time here.

Markets on Boulevard Richard Lenoir (Bastille) on Sunday morning. What could beat freshly shucked oysters. 6 for 3 euros. Shucked in front of you with a good squeeze of lemon. Plenty of other beautiful fresh food. The cheeses were amazing.
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Red wine and foie every evening at one of the small french cafes.
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Champagne region - Reims - gorgeous cathedral Notre Dame. Pommery - cave tour. Getting lost on the highways around Reims. This place deserves a few days to explore. The tackiness of Moet and Chandon - truly tacky. But fun to see!
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Dinner at Chris' favourite - Relais de l'entrecote with Ange and Dan. Quite delicious. However I still don't quite understand all the hype!

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Hotel: Rive Gauche. Saint Germain area. Basic hotel. Clean, comfortable, good value. Great area. Lots of beautiful shops and restaurants nearby and very close to metro and velib.

Welcome Gnome

Gnomesville.

Why?
The story goes that this started when a group of Dardanup Primary School students mentioned there was a traffic hazard at the intersection during a mock council meeting. The council heard about it and started building the roundabout. A local Wellington Mills resident placed a single gnome at the site of the roundabout as a silent protest against the controversial project. More gnomes soon came to join the silent protestor and soon the site had become a large gnome community.

Amazing

We are going to buy gnomes on the internet and take them next time we go.

Wow

Welcome Gnome. Gnome sweet gnome. Gnome is where the heart is. Metrognome. . .

Also on the itinerary - Wild Bull Brewery. Nice simple lunch in a beautiful setting.