Back with Butter, Back to Life

Butter! Yes, I brought french butter back with me only because that it a perfectly normal thing to do.  Fact. 

I read multiple blogs and articles prior and during my trip to Paris to ensure that no food gem would go unexplored. But between the jet lag, waking up at 12 noon and actually wanting to take it easy, not every destination could be visited. And you know what? That's just fine. Paris will still be there and I will still want to come back. 

While we did see the sights, my mom and I found it so much more satisfying to just explore on our own. Here were a few of the highlights that made this trip so memorable.

- Street side crepes

- A tomato and mozzarella salad (in 100 degree weather)

- A dessert from the absolute cutest french restaurant in the Latin quarter, Les Fetes Galantes. Homemade puff pastry w/ vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce shaped like mushrooms. If you ever go to Paris, go here. This meal blew my mind.

- Our street.

- Wedding cake baking (early stages). Also, meeting the coolest french family ever.

- French cheese (from a beautiful meal, provided by the sweetest french mother from the coolest french family). I want to eat an entire wheels of this.

Simple pleasures would sum up the whole visit. Never a dull moment. 

Now back to normal life... and some really good butter.