I enjoyed my mandatory double espresso and pain chocolate (chocolate croissant) at a cafe around the corner called La Pallette. While sitting at a table, we watched people come in, greet the barista, stand at the copper bar and order an espresso. The espresso and a small glass of water were delivered in seconds, the person who ordered drank both the espresso and the water in a few more seconds, and the person paid and left. We watched it happen over and over while we finished our breakfast.
By the way, the dome in yesterday’s photo from the Luxembourg Garden was not the Sorbonne; it may have been the Pantheon, but my expert is not committing.
We went with Charlie and Patti to a most unusual place called Deyrolle, a 170-year old establishment on rue du Bac, not far from the Musee d’Orsay on the Left Bank. The ground floor looks like an upscale and interesting garden shop with excellent tools, gardening books, aprons and hats. BUT, upstairs is a completely different world. The first thing to greet you at the top of the stairs is a stuffed polar bear and in the next two rooms there are taxidermied birds and animals, seashells, and mounted insects from all over the world. We spent at least an hour enjoying the amazing collection.
From there we went to the D’Orsay Museum and thoroughly enjoyed the post-impressionists and impressionists. We had lunch in the beautiful chandeliered dining room and continued wandering through the various exhibits. Our second and last museum for the day was l’Orangerie where we enjoyed more art. We had a drink at a small bar on Rue Jacob and ubered to Robert et Louise for a meat-lover’s dinner. It was a most interesting and enjoyable dinner. Not having a reservation was not a problem, we were ushered downstairs and seated at a large round table with a young couple, Monique and Zennen. It turns out that Zennen’s extended family is from New Orleans and Monique is from Chattanooga. Quite a reminder of how small the world is…
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