This one time I spent a whole weekend in a food coma. Here's the story of how...
It all started on Saturday, it was the Alpha away day and that meant a day trip to Versailles for team Alpha. If was a very early start but completely worth it, the day went without fault and it was wonderful. After all the guests had gone the team wandered into the town for a brief glance at the château then mojitos and beer in the last of the beautiful spring sunshine we were graced with. Proper mojitos, and for half the price then in Paris, so good we had two jugs. Then there was pizza, I'm a tough cookie when it comes to pizza because I'm not really a fan, I was a fan of this pizza though, for sure. It was gooooood and fresh, in fact I watched it being made thanks to a handy mirror. Well done Versailles, you were wonderful.
Then there was Sunday, international women's day and I was so blessed to go for lunch for a lovely lady's birthday. 5 of us young adults with 2 women with a lotta life behind them and I just had the best time. We went to a restaurant in the Champs Élysées (keeping it classy) and over lunch Sarah and Jean told us stories of how they came to be in Paris and their husbands. Both just the most amazing stories. The food wasn't bad either, and there was coffee and little cakes. Then we went for more coffee and little cakes, I had macarons this time. I spent roughly two hours post food trying to stay awake and not move to quickly for fear of vomiting, so worth it. Beyond the food though, spending IWD with a group of women, old and young, whom ALL inspire me and I adore was just the loveliest thing. Well done Paris for giving me them.
Then after church we went for drinks. And nachos. And coleslaw. And stolen chips. Washed down with more beer. I'm surprised I could still move to get the metro home.
But my gastronomical delight of a weekend didn't stop there, nope there was more today, brunch to be exact. There was a 45mins wait for the table so we got coffee from some cool coffee place nearby, very nice. I don't pay much attention to where's cool to go but I sure have a lot of friends up to speed, so I just get them to take me cool places. Anyway, coffee was good. Then brunch, I had cheese, baked camembert. Yum. Then this drink called London Fog, some earl-greyey milky slightly spicy combo, well done me for that choice. Then there was more coffee, and it was free which automatically means it was good. And finally, because it was Caleb's 21st we went for pastries (we probably would've done this minus the birthday but I like to tell myself there was a reason)
Oh Paris (and Versailles) and everyone here, with all your wonderful knowledge of nice places to eat and good coffee places. You've made this weekend a very very happy one. So much love, laughter and food. Killer time.
It all started on Saturday, it was the Alpha away day and that meant a day trip to Versailles for team Alpha. If was a very early start but completely worth it, the day went without fault and it was wonderful. After all the guests had gone the team wandered into the town for a brief glance at the château then mojitos and beer in the last of the beautiful spring sunshine we were graced with. Proper mojitos, and for half the price then in Paris, so good we had two jugs. Then there was pizza, I'm a tough cookie when it comes to pizza because I'm not really a fan, I was a fan of this pizza though, for sure. It was gooooood and fresh, in fact I watched it being made thanks to a handy mirror. Well done Versailles, you were wonderful.
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| Paris at 7am |
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| There's countryside in Versailles |
Then there was Sunday, international women's day and I was so blessed to go for lunch for a lovely lady's birthday. 5 of us young adults with 2 women with a lotta life behind them and I just had the best time. We went to a restaurant in the Champs Élysées (keeping it classy) and over lunch Sarah and Jean told us stories of how they came to be in Paris and their husbands. Both just the most amazing stories. The food wasn't bad either, and there was coffee and little cakes. Then we went for more coffee and little cakes, I had macarons this time. I spent roughly two hours post food trying to stay awake and not move to quickly for fear of vomiting, so worth it. Beyond the food though, spending IWD with a group of women, old and young, whom ALL inspire me and I adore was just the loveliest thing. Well done Paris for giving me them.
Then after church we went for drinks. And nachos. And coleslaw. And stolen chips. Washed down with more beer. I'm surprised I could still move to get the metro home.
But my gastronomical delight of a weekend didn't stop there, nope there was more today, brunch to be exact. There was a 45mins wait for the table so we got coffee from some cool coffee place nearby, very nice. I don't pay much attention to where's cool to go but I sure have a lot of friends up to speed, so I just get them to take me cool places. Anyway, coffee was good. Then brunch, I had cheese, baked camembert. Yum. Then this drink called London Fog, some earl-greyey milky slightly spicy combo, well done me for that choice. Then there was more coffee, and it was free which automatically means it was good. And finally, because it was Caleb's 21st we went for pastries (we probably would've done this minus the birthday but I like to tell myself there was a reason)
Oh Paris (and Versailles) and everyone here, with all your wonderful knowledge of nice places to eat and good coffee places. You've made this weekend a very very happy one. So much love, laughter and food. Killer time.
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