Other than the crepes, we haven’t been too impressed with the French cafes we have been to. So today we started the day at the Market Maubert near our apartment. At the market we picked up ingredients for breakfast and dinner. Ben came over and shared in our breakfast feast. We served scrambled eggs with fried leeks, fresh yogurt in cute glass pots, strawberries and raspberries, fresh baguette and croissants with butter and nutella. Unfortunately pictures were not taken of our lovely spread.





After breakfast we drank coffee from a café near Ben’s place. I had the most amazing cappuccino as seen bellow.



We went on a treck out to a building I had wanted to see, Grande Arche at La Defense. La Defense is a modern business and financial district, with a few people living there and a very modern mall. We walked around the area, and rode up the elevators for an impressive view of the city. The building is big enough to fit Notre Dame inside the arch. The last picture is from the top of the building, you can slightly see the Eiffel Tower in the picture.







Here is Adrien and Ben in front of a big art piece.



I was blown away by a fancy Mc Donalds located on the edge of the mall.





In the afternoon Adrien and I went and saw the Quai Branly, a Museum Adrien had learned about in school for its innovative architecture.



We continued on the Museum trend going next to the Palais de Tokyo and the Musee d’ Art Moderne de la ville de Paris. Both are located in a somewhat run down but beautiful building. The Palais de Tokyo clearly tries to bring in younger audiences with their hours extending til midnight most nights. In the front of the building teenagers skateboarded, tagged the walls, and hung out. I was surprised it was so run down considering its just a few blocks from the Eiffel Tower.



For dinner we had our pasta from the market, along with some amazing haricot verts. The pasta is two kinds of fresh ravioli- ricotta and basil, and four cheeses. Its great staying in an apartment with a kitchen to make the most of the wonderful markets with their fresh finds. For desert we ate nutella crepes sitting on the curb on the street with a jug of milk from the grocery.