Today I made a decision: when I die, I want the cause to be eating too much chocolate. Ideally it will be from drinking too much of Angelina's hot chocolate.
Yes, I am a tourist.
Les Invalides!
It was bound to happen... the pilgrimage to the tea house Angelina's (across from le jardin des tuleries and near the Louvre). It opened in 1907 and has been a must-visit spot in Paris pretty much ever since - did I mention that Coco Chanel was a patron?
I ordered the house specialty, un Mont Blanc (meringue with chantilly cream and covered in a praline paste) with the hot chocolate. Note: the hot chocolate should really be called cream of chocolate soup, because it is that rich and thick.
Before visiting Angelina's though, I spent the afternoon at L'Opera Garnier, which is a truly glorious place. It may be even more incredible on the inside than Versailles itself.
I fit right in, don't you think?
I am going to try to get tickets to see a ballet performance or opera before I leave. I guess it will depend on how much damage I do shopping tomorrow on my day off from classes hah. Tickets are expensive!
Because yesterday was the first Sunday of the month, all of the museums in Paris were free! I visited musée Rodin and les Invalides then had a late lunch at La Source, a nearby brasserie.
This is the church inside Les Invalides... funny fact about France's separation between church and state: just above portraits of Jesus, these flags hanging are from every state conquered under Napoleon when he reigned hah
Have to go lie down and recover from this food coma now.
A bientôt!
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