Paris, je mange

After sleeping in a bit, we began today's food-based tour of Paris. We first swung by a boulangerie for our morning pain au chocolat before heading to the Eiffel Tower to visit the top. Puppy got a chocolate/banana crepe and I got a chicken panini for the walk from the metro station.

Ascending the Eiffel Tower requires quite a bit of waiting and a lot of tolerating obnoxious tourists (American and otherwise). Once you get up there, however, it is an exceptional view and really cool to consider that a team of people were smart enough to build such a structure. I certainly am nowhere near that bright.

We then headed to the BHV men's store, looked at expensive-type clothes and went to a bistro for some lunch. Puppy opted for the traditional croque madame and I had the day's special - a very delicious artichoke ravioli in mushroom sauce. And I ate up all the amazingly crusty baguette that was placed on our table.

We walked to the Centre Georges Pompidou and were enticed into a patisserie where I indulged in a macaron au chocolat and Puppy had a chocolate eclair. You see, we needed it for our walk to Notre Dame, which was several meters away.

We braved more crowds and walked through the cathedral before returning to the marais, where we did a bit more walking and some shopping. I'm pretty beat from walking around, but I have a feeling all the walking won't come close to counteracting all the calories I consumed today.