TRAVELOG: Bag Hag and Le Marais

Day Two of Paris was free for us to roam around. My friends and former colleagues were suggesting that I take a trip to Le Marais for shopping. That’s exactly what we did. We took a quick city tour of Paris before we drove across the Seine to the Rive Droite, where Le Marais is.

I love buildings like these…
Darn, proof that my French survived years of zero practice. Be proud, I actually was able to order everyone’s food in French! *Muwahahaha… easy, told everyone, “ORDER THE CANARD– It’s Duck!”*. We went into this restaurant called Au Gamin Du Paris, located a little off Place des Vosges, at Rue Vieille du Temple. The restaurant had a rustic feel to it, mirrors surrounded the wall, even one that’s already broken (methinks, badluck?). So it was a half-hearted and resigned yes that I gave DB when he said, let’s try this one.

2nd DB ordered Escargots, and they were very, very good.

I ordered the Soupe L’Oignon Gratinee (French Onion Soup) which was a bit salty, but hey, I love salty food so this worked well for me.

And everyone else ordered Magrit de Canard (Duck breast).

Magrit de Canard a L’Orange (with orange sauce)
Magrit de Canard Au Poivre (with pepper)
Magrit de Canard Avec Pomme Fruits (with apple)
And DSIL also ordered the Fillet de Boeuf (Beef Fillet).
For desert, we had the Catalan– apple pie with cream. It was sooooper goooood!

Apres dejeuner (after lunch) *Hehehe let me do some French words, at least we all get to learn it :D*, we walked around.

Custo Barcelona is alive and well. I almost bought a shirt there but bah, I looked too “thick” waisted 🙁 They have cute bags too although some were quite Pucci-esque.

A closed store which sold bags like these:
An accessories boutique which sold a lot of plastic pieces. I ended up buying something there.

A perfume store called Fragonard. Smelled like heaven 😉 They also had lovely slippers (with crowns embroidered!), as well as those tortoiseshell link necklaces that looked quite “Hermes“.

Les petites.. interesting blue bag. Sorta like the Hermes Lindy..
And then there’s Gerard Darel, a shop that I thoroughly enjoyed, clothes and shoes, as well as bags.

There was also Sequoia, a brand that I must admit, I’ve never encountered before. But in fairness, the bags are nice.

Satellite of Paris. Beautiful Accessories. Also carried by Firma in the Philippines 😉

After an afternoon at Le Marais, we passed by Blvd Haussmann to go visit Galleries Lafayette.
The front of the department store happens to face the back of the Paris Opera House. Ok, remember Phantom of the Opera? Ok, now make the connection… opera house in Paris… Christine Daee… phantom… 😉

The inside of the Galleries Lafayette never ceases to amaze me… There was also Gerard Darel there, not to mention other brands like Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Chloe, Gucci.

Anyway, we had to go back to the hotel after 6pm because we were also too tired already. Jet lag and all hitting us big time! What a day, eh? 🙂

*Yawn* I gotta go to bed now. I’m terribly sleepy. Oooh Ooooh, Had to share this– We just had the most fantastic dinner of all time (and the most expensive too! Imagine, 250 EUR per person!! More on that soon– it’s really a meal that has to go on print. It’s totally unsurpassed. In French, C’est marveilleux!!) I’m definitely talking about it, as it’s too unforgettable to ignore!

P.S. Someone (won’t mention IP address here out of respect for privacy) posted a comment on my blog, asking me not to post a photo of me if I’m covering my face with a heart anyway– because it’s “annoying” already. So I will no longer post any cam- whoring photos of moi. For you (comment poster) and the rest of the blog reading community, I promise… no, I swear to you, one day when I have my face overhauled (yes, botox’d, surgically enhanced, etc), I will post photos of me, sans le coeur on EVERY post of my blog *muwahahaha*. Too bad, I was actually planning to post photos of moi with my loot… from Hermes too…*hehe… oh well! :(*

x
Mrs.T