Last Day in Paris

10/23

Today we made another attempt at the walking tour and arrived on time. Our guide was a lovely, knowledgeably young woman who took us to see interesting Paris sights that weren't on the usual tourist itinerary.

Note that the end of the Champs Elysee is visible through the arch that's in front of the Louvre

A unique metro station with our guide in front

Elegant galleria

Expensive wines

It was fun and we felt like we saw things in Paris that we hadn't seen before. Our guide had recommended a restaurant in one of the gallerias that we had seen so we went there for lunch. Ted and Sandy weren't impressed and decided to go somewhere else for lunch but Dave and Lesley and Dick and I stuck it out. We all had mussel soup, a creamy soup with lots of tiny mussels. it was quite good and filled the need adequately. We walked back to our hotel where Dick (still fighting the cold) rested and I went out to check out our neighborhood and potentially do some shopping. Unfortunately, Berthillon was closed but I found an adequate place for some ice cream, went to the drug store for some remedies for Dick and bought a scarf.
For dinner, we went to another neighborhood restaurant, this one recommended by a chef friend of Dave and Lesley's. It's called Nos Ancetres Les Gaullois (our Gaul ancestors) and is kind of a theme restaurant like the one in the Excalibur Hotel in Las Vegas

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There was nothing on the menu that Sandy could eat so she and Ted went somewhere else. It's a prix fixe, all inclusive menu of crudites, salads and dried sausages, roasted meats with vegetables and baked potato, cheese plate, fruits, and dessert. The wine is in barrels and you pour it yourself.

Lesley refilling our wine pitcher

It was OK...certainly plenty of food but not great. There was also someone playing a mandolin/guitar kind of instrument and singing.
Back at the hotel, we went to tell Ted and Sandy good bye because they were leaving earlier than we were then went to our room to finish packing up for our trip home.