Didn’t Capture the Top of the Eiffel Tower

Sunday was a cold, overcast day, and no, this isn’t the best photo in the world of the Eiffel Tower. Hubby has done some great photos and he is posting them to Facebook and will do up a nice folder. Anyway, our final dinner was at the Botielle D’Or, (Golden Bottle) that is just past Notre Dame across from the Seine on the right hand side as you are facing the Cathedral. It was recommended by the lady at the hotel and in a moment of amusement, when we were discussing where to go, I had specifically mentioned that we wanted traditional French cuisine, in particular steak au poivre, roasted lamb, etc., They explained that because of Valentine’s Day the night before, they had no steak left, but no problem with everything else. Well, okay, I would have steak for lunch.

The ten-minute walk from the hotel was a nice stroll and as a larger restaurant, it gave us a different ambience than the cozy Chez Fernand from Saturday and definitely less “modern” than the restaurant on Friday. They had escargot for Hubby and he then ordered a wonderful pork dish with mushrooms. Under other circumstances I might not have tried the lentil cake with shrimp as an appetizer, but I was intrigued and it was quite good. My chicken stuffed with crawfish came with a lovely sauce and they did have apple tart with ice cream for dessert. Unlike the other two restaurants, they also had single malt scotch for Hubby to enjoy while I had my Calvados as after dinner drinks.

With a 5:00 a.m. wake-up, we didn’t linger later than ten o’clock and even though we had an earlier flight back than I would ordinarily have scheduled, it was a non-stop. We were on a newer model jet, but it was a ten-hour flight as opposed to the eight going over. Ah well, there were no delays or significant turbulence.