Lesley Wake
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 16, 2017
Day 7, Part 1: Au Revoir Paris
Today we all woke up and made sure everything was packed up. For breakfast, Mom and I went downstairs to get some pastries from Angelina.
Angelina is known for their Mont-Blanc pastry, which is meringue, whipped cream, and chestnut cream vermicelli. I wasn’t sure if I would like it, because I’m not a fan of chestnuts, but I was curious, so mom and I decided to share a mini version (they have a large cake, medium individual pastry, and mini bite-size - you can see the large and minis in the first photo above and the mediums on the top of the second photo). It was actually super delicious and I wish I had tried it earlier, because the mini had the perfect amount of everything for me to love it! The chestnut vermicelli was an interesting texture because it was soft but still a bit grainy (in a good way). I was at a bakery in LA recently and saw they had these, so I got one, but it wasn't nearly as good as Angelina's!
We got a bunch of croissants for everyone, as well as the hot chocolate to go. Croissant was super yum, but the hot chocolate was too rich to have more than a couple mouthfuls! I’d recommend sharing it!
Croissants: 4 Crepes: 6
We still had time, so went over to show mom the Grand Epicerie (I don’t think she had actually been in it).
So, apparently in the USA we eat cookies, make pancakes, and our favorite candy is nerds…
And they had the cutest sugar cubes! So many different shapes and designs and they had these little displays on the shelves. We ended up not getting any though…
I got another pastry, because of course, another Sainte Honore. Sooooo good! Loved the vanilla cream and whipped cream and puffs!
Finally, around noon, we “checked out” of the Airbnb. Our host came over because he was waiting for a delivery, and we said our goodbyes to Luna (I didn't get one last photo though because the host's teen daughter came over too and she was cuddling her kitty, so I thought that would be rude). Originally we had planned on taking a train from Paris to Tours, and picking up a rental car in Tours for us to use over the next week, before returning it to the airport. Well, then I checked the train strike schedule and realized it was going to be a strike day, which was not going to work! Dad checked into changing up the reservation, and turns out it saved him over $500 to do pickup and return from the Paris airport! So, after leaving the Airbnb we took a SuperShuttle back to the airport and headed to the rental car facility.
Today we all woke up and made sure everything was packed up. For breakfast, Mom and I went downstairs to get some pastries from Angelina.
Angelina is known for their Mont-Blanc pastry, which is meringue, whipped cream, and chestnut cream vermicelli. I wasn’t sure if I would like it, because I’m not a fan of chestnuts, but I was curious, so mom and I decided to share a mini version (they have a large cake, medium individual pastry, and mini bite-size - you can see the large and minis in the first photo above and the mediums on the top of the second photo). It was actually super delicious and I wish I had tried it earlier, because the mini had the perfect amount of everything for me to love it! The chestnut vermicelli was an interesting texture because it was soft but still a bit grainy (in a good way). I was at a bakery in LA recently and saw they had these, so I got one, but it wasn't nearly as good as Angelina's!
We got a bunch of croissants for everyone, as well as the hot chocolate to go. Croissant was super yum, but the hot chocolate was too rich to have more than a couple mouthfuls! I’d recommend sharing it!
Croissants: 4 Crepes: 6
We still had time, so went over to show mom the Grand Epicerie (I don’t think she had actually been in it).
So, apparently in the USA we eat cookies, make pancakes, and our favorite candy is nerds…
And they had the cutest sugar cubes! So many different shapes and designs and they had these little displays on the shelves. We ended up not getting any though…
I got another pastry, because of course, another Sainte Honore. Sooooo good! Loved the vanilla cream and whipped cream and puffs!
Finally, around noon, we “checked out” of the Airbnb. Our host came over because he was waiting for a delivery, and we said our goodbyes to Luna (I didn't get one last photo though because the host's teen daughter came over too and she was cuddling her kitty, so I thought that would be rude). Originally we had planned on taking a train from Paris to Tours, and picking up a rental car in Tours for us to use over the next week, before returning it to the airport. Well, then I checked the train strike schedule and realized it was going to be a strike day, which was not going to work! Dad checked into changing up the reservation, and turns out it saved him over $500 to do pickup and return from the Paris airport! So, after leaving the Airbnb we took a SuperShuttle back to the airport and headed to the rental car facility.