Wedding Blog

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Part II

It was hard to find a large cup of joe in Paris. I’m a coffee nut and I love to consume large amounts of coffee, so I think I ordered 3-4 cups of cafe au lait every morning.

Nutella chocolate and banana crepes! These are more of the authentic type of crepes you’ll see in Paris.

The following day after visiting the Louvre, we checked out the Musee D’Orsay, which features a lot of the impressionism paintings from Monet, Matisse, and Van Gogh.

We trekked by foot over to the museum after breakfast….

You can tell from this view the museum used to be a railway train station.

One of my favorite Renoir paintings

The size of these paintings are ginormous compared to the ones I’ve seen in the US!

A view of the other end of the museum.

Lunchtime! We decided to check out a quaint restaurant next to the Seine River called Restaurant Le Voltaire.

Dining in France was nice because you are able to check out the menus before stepping into the restaurants! It was great for anyone who is a finnicky eater such as myself.

The french really love citrus flavored drinks; here’s a pretty design for a grapefruit beverage.

A classic meal there for lunch - a baguette with ham and swiss cheese. It looks simple but it’s so good.

The french version of a hamburger, a lower carbohydrate version without the kaiser bun.

Finally, Mr. BP allowed me to do a little shopping in Paris. We first checked out Galleria Lafayette which was located in the opera house district.

The Galleria is one large department store which has about 8-10 floors of shopping. The architecture of the department store is so gorgeous.

I even checked out the bridal salon at the Galleria. It looks like the most popular designer here is Cymbeline.

I actually didn’t do a lot of shopping Paris because the prices were so high, how can you work and survive in Paris?

There are many street florists and they create such exotic bouquets. This one kind of reminds me of my bridal bouquet with the celosia, lotus pods, roses and calla lillies.

Such beautiful varieties of flowers..

It says it’s a patisserie but it’s actually a women’s clothing boutique. It’s still a very cute design for a store.

One of my favorite sweet shops in Paris. They had all of these tasty marshmallows with a variety of fruit flavors such as mango, watermelon, strawberry, and they even green tea, yum!

We travelled back to the Louvre and found some interesting landscaping designs nearby.

Our last day in Paris was spent mostly checking out local shopping boutiques and restaurants in the area. We also got a chance to sample a lot of the local musical talent of Paris. On the first day of summer there’s a festival called La Fete De La Musique. We were anticipating a bunch of locals playing violins and musical instruments like street musicians…

Then we saw an older guy dancing near the train station, we caught a video of him dancing:

Walking further down the streets of St. Germain, we discovered more unusual local talent. Notice the tourist in the blue shirt on the right, he joined in to play mini-cymbals with this musical group.

We noticed a lot of bands setting up their sound systems; looks like this music festival is a serious deal! A lot of local bands who wanted to be featured had their opportunity to be heard that day.

A deafening roar: two guys screaming at the top of their lungs with no lyrics in mind.

We snacked on savory crepes as we checked out the bands.

A classic band playing instrument that don’t require amplifiers! The clarinet player was so talented!

The streets became so crowded, we couldn’t even walk down some of the tiny alleys!

This was by far the coolest band, they looked as though they just got off work with their business gear.

The streets were so filled with people that locals couldn’t drive back home. Just look at the traffic!

This was a very funny sight - a man who was filming his friend as they were walking down the streets of Paris. The guy with the camera was commenting while his hunchback friend was just minding his own business.

Some musicians were featured inside cafes such as the Cafe Brasserie.

Approaching closer to our hotel, we discovered a musician/comedian. Heh, his humor was definitely more impressive than his musical talent.

I took the rest of the photos around 22:00, surprisingly the sun was just setting around this time and the city was still so lively, there was still so much music in the air.

Looking back at our honeymoon, I really wish we had more time to spend in Paris. There’s just so much to see and the locals were so kind and helpful. We’re thinking about travelling back to Europe next summer, possibly Spain or Portugal. Any suggestions where we should travel next? If anyone has any questions about our experience in Paris, feel free to ask me anything.