Today we visited the lesser known of the two islands on the Siene which divides Paris, Ile Saint Louis. It's very close to Île de la Cité which is where Notre Dame is, but this island is mostly residential with no major tourist attractions nor metro stops on it, and apparently is where all Parisians wish they could live.
We started by having yet another delicious meal at Cafe Cassette, which while a bit pricy by Austin standards, we have yet to have anything that wasn't phenomenal there. I got the roasted chicken and Kara got the risotto and both were fantastic. It's also huître (oyster) season here so I'll need to try some before they disappear.
We then took the metro to Saint Michel to see the Christmas Tree in front of Notre Dame. I have to admit, while the tree was fairly large, the lights seemed strewn almost haphazardly on it, especially compared to previous years. But Notre Dame is so pretty at night it didn't matter. From there it's a quick walk down the bank to the small Saint Louis island, where we had some of the famous Berthillon ice cream for dessert and walked down the pretty streets. We found a really cute stationery store on the island called Marie Tournelle where Kara got some pens and paper, but they had all kinds of neat stuff.
I took a bunch of photos, and then we finished watching the 3rd Harry Potter movie. Thanks again Unotelly for letting us have Amazon and Netflix in France!
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