Bonjour Andy!
I love your new avatar.
On the recommendation of nnoska, we booked an apartment through Paris Perfect. It is really lovely. It's small, but it has everything we need. We really feel like locals, which has added so much to our experience. In addition, the view of the Eiffel Tower from our place is positively amazing. I am staring at it, all lit up for the evening, as I type.
We've been to the d'Orsay and the Louvre. Late this afternoon, we enjoyed a wine tasting with O Chateau in the 1st. It was a lot of fun and I highly recommend it. We now have a new Champagne, provided we can find it.
We ate dinner on our first evening at La Fontaine de Mars, recommended by both Paris Perfect and nnoska. It was wonderful. We enjoyed pate, cassoulet, dover sole meuniere, and ile flottant. Last night, we popped into a Brasserie on Rue Cler called Cafe Central. My steak tartare was ooh la la! I think my baba ah rhum dessert was stronger than a ti punch.
We are thoroughly enjoying ourselves. We have no plans for tomorrow. We hope to simply walk and see where the day takes us.
It's chilly here, but we have each other.
A bientot from Paris!