The Fiance wanted to check out Chinatown today. Before we headed out, the Fiance stepped out to buy a fresh baguette from the bakery just 5 steps away from our front door. Did I mention there is a butcher shop next door? Little by little we are living like Parisians. I toasted the fresh baguette and spread the butter we picked up at the grocery store last night. I also added the stinky moldy cheese to my breakfast. Delicious!
We made our way out to the Metro when I noticed I only had 1 Metro pass. I panicked at first, but knew there was no way I could have dropped the other ticket, but had to go back to the flat to double check. The Station was only 5 mins away and I wanted to check out the open market we saw along the way. We ended up buying some fresh fruits for snacking and headed towards our flat. We walked back to the flat, unload our groceries, and then I found out I had the ticket all along; it was stuck to my phone. Silly me.
We headed back to the station, grabbed line 1, transferred to line 14, and arrived in Chinatown - dominately occupied by Vietnamese. Paris' Chinatown is bigger than Viet-town in Orlando, Florida, but smaller than San Francisco's. There are a fair share of shops, Pho restaurants, bakeries and Oriental markets, but the unique thing was everything is in French and had French fusion. We also came across an indoor mall with counterfeit clothing and imitations.
After walking the "mall", we headed home to rest our feet a bit. The Fiance took a nap and I made beef broth for soup dinner. It is soup weather and nothing taste better than hot soup and fresh baguettes.
When the Fiance woke up we geared up for the cold cold night walk to finish the other side of the Christmas market. Before we hit the market, I had to stop into the shop that sold the shirt my Dad wanted. Thanks Lil' Sis for figuring out Dad's text message. Silly Dad and your broken English text. But the shop was closed. We found out quickly that a lot of shops close early on a Friday (6PM). The block where the shirt was located was also blocked off for the Summit meeting (I had no idea that the World's Leaders were here for the week). There were a lot of guard presence tonight, but the streets were still busy with cars and tourists moving towards the Christmas markets probably not realizing a Summit meeting was going on. We reroute away from the guards and made our way to the Christmas market. The Fiance had his first crepe and I saw Santa Claus fly through the night sky equipped with a sleigh and reindeers (video to follow when we upload it back in the States).
Our legs were giving out so we headed home and called it a night. We had beef noodle soup with udon noodles and beef meatballs. So nice and warm in the belly! I want to taste more of Paris, hopefully we will visit a nice bakery tomorrow for some decadent pasteries. Goodnight!
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