The End of January

Today we woke up to a beautiful day in Paris! It is sunny and 40 degrees (much better than 30). Brianna and I walked to our local farmers market which is about 10 minutes away at Place Monge. Our farmers market is pretty big- there are lots of vendors (as long as I wake up before noon). I bought some nice gruyere today at the Fromagerie at the market. I also bought some homemade paella which was delicious- it had fresh mussels, clams, shrimp, and chicken in it. The guy was nice and gave it to me for 5 Euro instead of 7!

My Paella!

I stopped at my favorite local bakery on the way home to pick up a croissant to paint. I am taking a painting course and my homework was to paint a pastry and then to eat it! (I had no problem with the second part.)

Tonight I was going to see Up In the Air with Katherine but it was sold out so we went to this cute cafe and got Chai Lattes (4 Euros- Katherine and I seem to have a new habit of drinking very expensive drinks!) at L'Imprévu. It was worth it though. The cafe turns into a gay bar at night! Speaking of delicious food/drink that I have eaten recently--- Katherine took me to this place that serves chocolate mousse like ice cream (with a scooper into a paper cone). They have really nice gourmet chocolate and there are a few different types of chocolate. It was so delicious- but so rich, the little scoop that I got was practically enough for lunch!

Brianna & Katherine at Place Vosges (a beautiful park and palace) in Le Marais

These past few days have been for shopping because it is the end of January which means the end of sales until July. I bought boots and a few other things! Which means no shopping for a long long while... We recently discovered a market called Picard which has only frozen food. It surprisingly is very delicious- and cheap! They have everything from soup to double cheeseburgers to Thai shrimp stir fry. It will be nice to have a cheaper option for dinner that doesn't involve cooking!

Classes are going well. Ruth comes from London to visit on Wednesday so I am very excited for that! Perhaps I will be more diligent with the picture-taking when she comes so that I can post them to the blog.