The original plan was to get ballet tickets since Kara and I both love dance, but everything was sold out months in advance! Even buying the tickets 3 months early, this was one of the very few events that still had tickets available. Luckily they weren't too horribly expensive, and we managed to get really good seats close to the stage.
Interestingly all the seats are individually numbered, so it's not done by row like normal. They also don't fold up, so the aisles are a bit bigger than normal, but does make getting in and out difficult. The performance itself was well, bizarre. I had no idea what exactly they were going to play beforehand, it just said piano and percussion. But while the musicians I'm sure did a good job with what they were given, I really didn't get the music choice and we could see quite a lot of other people surprised at the seemingly chaotic sounds being produced on stage. Unfortunately neither of us liked it at all, but at least it was in a really pretty building!
Palais Garnier is actually my favorite building/monument in Paris, just because it is so over the top decadent. It gives Fontainebleau a run for its money in the most extravagant interior and has an interesting history closely tied to why Paris looks like it does today.
Afterwards we stopped to eat a random restaurant on Saint Germain on the way home. Unfortunately for Kara, her food was really really terrible. The pumpkin soup looked and tasted like mashed up baby food and was completely flavorless. And of course we were still charged for it (and it was not a cheap place!). My food though was really good, with the biggest escargot I've ever seen, and a delicious duck breast for the main course.
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