August 10 – Champs E’lyses, Arch de la Defense, Rue Monteguel

We started the day with a royal hot chocolate at Angelina’s. This historic patisserie was started nearly 100 years ago by a pastry chef from Vienna. It has a beautiful interior that is worth the trip. Jessica and I shared a pastry with lime infused cream and layers of puff pastry – it was exceptional!

After the hot chocolate break, we worked our way through some of the shops on the Champe E’lyses. The highlight for Carolyn was a new Minnie mouse dress which she has been plying for since our last visit to the shop. While not very Parisian, this may end up being her favorite souvineer from the trip. She plans to wear it to Disneyland on Thursday, so there will be more on this later…



We all had lunch with co-worker of my Dad’s from the Paris Rio Tinto office. She gave us great insights into Paris and it was fun to hear about what she likes and doesn’t. She grew up in Paris, but has also lived in Tokyo, Sidney, and London, so she has had a lot of opportunity to compare Paris to other cities!