Mmmmm….These valentine’s desserts really did taste as good as they looked (I’m sure that’s hard to believe).  They have Valentines day in France too, though it’s not even 100th of a percent as commercialized as in America.

I had a great time in Paris and as the last days of my visit arrived a couple of things happened:

IT SNOWED!…but not just any snow.  Instead of individually floating flakes they looked like teeny-tiny-eentsy-weentsy snow balls.

WE WENT TO MONMATRE…
Apparently the place to buy fabric (le tissu) is in Monmatre.  There were fabric shops a plenty packed with people a plenty.  My favorite shop was Reine Tissus (Fabric Queen).  I was mightily impressed my the small mannequins with small hand-sewn dresses and coats made proportionately to fit them, like large doll clothes (this might only be impressive to you sewers out there).  AND don’t forget, Monmatre is also where Amelie was set and filmed (though on a warmer day I’m sure).

AND THE SACRE COEUR…
It’s a couple hundred steps up the big ol’ hill to get the the Sacre Coeur, but it’s worth the very nice view of Paris once you get to the top.

AND, OF COURSE, A CUP OF ESPRESSO…
Thom and I were getting pretty frozen by then, so we were excited about a warm something to drink.  We were amazed by our waiter who spoke to us in English, to the table on our left in French and to the table on our right in Italian!

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