Dinner Is Always Nice In The Latin Quarter

7 Octobre 2007

Since Mickel and I had stayed up really late, we slept in really late too! We pretty much didn’t do anything until I called Liz later in the afternoon about going to the library. When we attempted to go to the library, the entrance was so full of people that we decided to sit out back and access the Internet outside. Once we were finished, Mickel asked us if we wanted to get a drink somewhere, so we stopped at an “Irish Pub” for a drink. Liz and I had cocktails; Mickel had a beer. They were overpriced and under quality, like most of the bars here in Paris. Since we weren’t quite ready to go home, we walked around Paris until we reached the Latin Quarter. Here, there are tons of restaurants and bars and most feature really good prices. After wandering for about an hour, we decided that we were too hungry to leave and stayed for dinner at a little restaurant called Le Vieux Paris. Liz had chicken in a nice mushroom sauce with fries (they love them here in France!); Mickel and I shared a dish called raclette nature. This is a dish of boiled potatoes, which you top with melted cheese (fromage à raclette) by placing the slices in a little tray which goes into a machine that creates heat. Our dish is called raclette nature because the dish without meat. Normal raclette usually comes with a variety of different meats, like ham, bacon, proscuitto, salami, pancetta, all of which the French would call charcuterie. For dessert, Liz and I got the mousse au chocolat and Mickel got the tarte du jour. It was a lovely meal and the restaurant was so small and quaint. There were currency bills from all over the world hanging from the back of the restaurant. Mickel gave them a bill from Costa Rica so he could be represented. I wished that I had had a two dollar bill from my collection to give.