The Legend of Zelda

For Valentines Day, I bought tickets to go see this concert in Paris. It is a concert composed of an orchestra based on the music from the video game franchise: The Legend of Zelda. It was probably Germain's favorite video game every since he was little and the music plays a huge role while playing the game.

With only three stops in Europe, we definitely took advantage of them being in our city.

While the orchestra played music from this beloved game, the back screen would play clips from the games. We were a little far, but this was more of a listening event than a seeing event anyways.

Blurry pictures of the orchestra playing.

Aux 2 Olivier

The other night we met up with some friends to grab dinner. Most of the time, Germain and I will look online before hand and book a restuarant on a specific website. By doing so, it allows us to get a special discount. Sometimes we find really good deals, others it's a miss. This particular place that we went to was just in between. We got a good amount of food for the price, but none of it was amazing. Probably won't go back. But still, it had potential.

Aux 2 Olivier:

Crème brûlée au foie gras chutney de pommes et pain d’épice toasté

A creme brulee foie gras mousse with a side of apple and onion perserves and gingerbread toast. I liked the idea; it was original. However, it was wayyy too sweet for an appetizer and I barely even tasted the foie gras.

Magret de canard purée grand-mère et sa poire au vin

Duck Breast with a side of "grandmother" style mashed potatos and a slice of wine soaked pear. Eh...it wasn't bad, but it wasn't amazing. The wine sauce, I thought, was a little bitter, but other than that was typical.

On a similiar note, a Vietnamese restaurant opened in the neighborhood. It's not as cheap as NY Chinatown, but it's not too expensive and so far, it's pretty good. Will definitely grab take out a couple more times before we leave Paris.

Last two weeks

I've been super lazy about updating. Frankly, there's not much new going on. So, other than pictures of my apartment, here's my last two weeks in a nutshell.

Pink Magnolias

A raven hunting

I see butts!!

Black swans

Little ducky family

Cherry Blossoms

Pretty

Don't know what these are, but they're pretty

Late blooming Sakura tree

Germain figured I would like this more than flowers, He was right....un Fraiser

Happy May 1st!

During the month of May, the French celebrate several holidays; the first being the 1st of May. It is the equivalent of Labor Day. On this day, people give each other Lily of the Valleys (a type of flower) or Muguets in French. It's suppose to bring good luck.....so....

Happy First of May!