Jamie and Scott Go Francing with Bruce and Myra: Part 3

Monday, Sept 15, 2008

Dinner last night was at the posher than expected 'Bamboche'. It took a bit of finding after a relatively long Metro ride. Hidden down a quiet street in the 7th behind the Eiffel Tower.

It turned out that the set menu was only available on weekdays so the meal ended up being more expensive than we planned on. Despite the price, the meal was excellent and was brilliantly plated.

After dinner we walked to Champs de Mars to take some photos of the Eiffel Tower at night - beautiful although disturbingly blue - in honour of France holding the EU presidency. After photos, back home to Hotel St Jacques for bed - without our traditional night cap as we were too tired.

Today we bought tickets for the open top bus tour after breakfast. We started out on the Montparnasse/St Germaine route before switching to the Grande Tour line.

Lunch we managed to find what seemed to be a locals and us place down a side street near Opera. Next, I bought some Fragonard cologne, not the Santal I was going to - it seems my tastes have changed since I was last here. Dad bought us an ice cream at the top of Le Printemps, then back on the bus for a ride back to the Latin Quarter.

We stopped for a bottle of wine at L'Autre bistro after which everyone went back to the hotel for a much needed nap.

Dinner was agian a bot of a mission to find, but was defintely worth it. The restaurant was called Jules and again was down a quiet side street, this time in the 2nd. Unlike last night, the set menu was availabel and was excellent - foie gras, confit and dessert for only 25 euros!

Jamie and I stopped a few times on the way home for some night photos and then back the hotel without our nightcap. My stomach was not happy wiht all that rich food!