We actually almost didn't go. Wife, in particular, was having leg issues and felt the need to rest. But in the end, we decided that we needed to get out at least for a little. We get out and it is the clearest it has been since we've been here. All the lights are as bright as can be. And it is mobbed, this being the Saturday before Christmas. We ended up going around a great swath of the inner city, touching on all the major markets.
Also despite our complaints about the amount we had been eating, we got ourselves in the mood to eat a number of things that we hadn't yet tried. There was a soup made by a local chef donated for one of the charitable organizations in town. Then there was a salmon we had seen earlier that was grilled on a wood plank.
Served with lettuce and creme fraiche that nicely offset the salty, spicy flavoring
We had to try some hot white wine that was on Wife's list
Then it was on to crepes - a glorious street food that is better in France than anywhere
The crepe sequence
Perfection
I ended up with a few roasted chestnuts. While all this was satisfying, the lack of any red meat or poultry allowed our systems to calm down substantially.
And then it happened. Wife just saw something that really tickled her photographic mind. Out came the smartphone. Soon I was with her. And yet another small patch of pictures was produced.
And one final Cathedral shot
Tomorrow we are off to Amsterdam to spend Christmas with the #3 Clan
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