Pont Alexandre & Mini Palais

Since Amanda and I had so much fun going out to dinner the other night, we decided to make another reservation at an incredible restaurant right at the foot of the Pont Alexandre bridge. Amanda has been dying to take pictures here with the Eiffel Tower in the background. It's considered to be the most ornate and beautiful bridge in all of Paris! The restaurant we ended up going to was super modern and chic. The ceiling is lit blue all throughout the restaurant and there are different sculptures lit with textured spotlights on each wall. I was thrilled when we got there and they were playing a John Legend cd. After that played through, Amanda and I were surprised to be listening to Macklemore and a bunch of other American pop music. We had looked over the menu before coming and I had already decided I was going to get the Tandoori salmon and Amanda was getting the almond encrusted whiting. Both of our plates were PERFECT. We decided to get the French toast for dessert, and were surprised when it came out as French toast bread pudding! It was also really good. I would give this restaurant a 4.5 out of 5. Great food and the PERFECT atmosphere! http://www.minipalais.com/en/index.html

Disney Paris

This (pathetically enough) has been the day here in Paris that I have been THE VERY MOST excited about! It's the day Amanda and I went to Disney Paris! Our week at the bakery seemed to go by SO slow as we waited in anticipation for our day trip. We had a confusing morning trying to figure out how to get there on the train... there are two different types of metro trains out here and we had to take both of them and transfer 4 different times. We got there though! It was THE perfect day to be there. Our afternoon started out a little chili, but the sun came out and we had about 4 hours of perfect weather. There were hardly any people in the entire park. We walked on to several rides and the longest line we waited in was for the Buzz Lightyear ride which was about 20 minutes. We were really disappointed when we found out that the Indiana Jones and Peter Pan rides were both closed down for renovation. We ate in the park twice (chicken curry sandwiches and African chicken and rice) and then walked to Earl of Sandwich located in their version of "Downtown Disney" for food after the park closed. Amanda and I both agree the park in California is better because it's bigger and has a lot more rides, but the rides here in Paris are "better" (our version of better ranging from longer, scarier or just more details). The park is also FULL of breathtaking ponds, flowers and floaty looking trees. Sleeping Beauty's castle was a lot cooler here (also smaller).. You can go to the top and go out around the castle to look out over the whole park. There are also really cool stained class panels and tapestries of the characters upstairs. If you go underneath the castle, they have "La Taniere du Dragon". Inside you'll find a yellow eyed, smoking, roaring dragon resting in a water filled cave. It would be TERRIFYING if you were a 5 year old girl. Amanda and I were border line scared as it opened it's eyes and started letting out puffs of smoke! We both agree that the very best part of the experience was the firework show at the end of the night. I thought that the show in the fountains of California Adventure were unbelievable, but this show ACTUALLY topped it! They had probably 9 or 10 different changes of scene and song all changing the castle front into something COMPLETELY different. There were fountains, lights, fireworks, singing and dancing... No Tink though. It was the perfect end to our night! We took LOTS of pictures so you California fans can see the difference... hope you enjoy! 

The gates before the park.

Main Street

Haunted Mansion

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad 

The scariest dragon! We couldn't get a good picture because it was dark and he was moving... 

Le Coupe Chou

Amanda and I made dinner reservations at the beginning of the week to go to Le Coupe Chou and we couldn't WAIT for Saturday night to come! We got all dressed up and went out for some really awesome food and a cozy dining experience. After walking through those adorable ivy covered doors, the restaurant winds back through 3 or 4 different dimly lit rooms. The decor inside is rustic and elegant with a fireplace in almost every room. Each dining area is lit with adorable lamps and all the servers here are VERY friendly (which is a really nice change from most of Paris). I ordered the pork filet with mustard sauce and potatoes gratin. The sauce was INCREDIBLE! Amanda got the most tender beef bourguignon I've ever had (We both had to agree that it's better here than at Cafe Constant). We ordered creme brûlée and chocolate mousse for dessert. The brûlée was shallow enough that all you tasted was the brûléed sugar on top, and the chocolate mousse was really dry. Overall, the experience was probably 3.5 out of 5 stars... Good enough that Amanda made reservations to come back with her husband! It was a really fun night.