Vanderlee Visit

Amy and Kathleen Vanderlee paid a visit to the city of light and discovered it could also be the city of the walking.

Aside from Gabrielle, Mindy's cousin who is doing an exchange in the south of France, we have not had any visitors from our part of the world this year as a variety of circumstances have prevented some people from making the trip overseas (mostly upcoming weddings). So when we heard that Amy and Kathleen, family friends from Calgary, were doing a little European tour and would be visiting Paris, we were really excited to show them around.

Mindy had to teach, so I took the ladies from Calgary on a little walking tour of some of Paris' lesser know but equally impressive attractions. We started at Montmartre where we checked out Sacre Coeur before making our way down Avenue de Clichy to the Moulin Rouge. We then turned south and marched past Saint Lazaire train station on our way to Les Grands Magazines on Boulevard Haussmann. A quick stop at the Opera followed by some cold drinks outside of the tourist zone (which means we paid 6 euros for 3 drinks instead of 6 euros each) and we were ready to keep going. From Opera we went down to Place Vendome where Amy's jaw dropped at the site of all the luxury stores.

By this time it was getting a little bit late so we headed back to the Latin Quarter where we met up with Mindy for a fantastic french dinner. We introduced the ladies to Raclette and Tartiflette, and although it wasn't of the same quality as what we sampled in the Alps, it was still pretty good. We ended the evening with some fantastic conversation before we said goodbye.

During a fantastic dinner, we had a great conversation with Amy and Kathleen.