Hello everyone - we made it safe and sound on our annual journey to Paris.
We had a great time in Air France's "L'espace Affaires" (Business Class) cabin - lie flat beds, extra seat width - humungous leg room, the whole bit. Superb food. It started with an amuse bouche of quail with chestnuts & cranberry preserves, followed by a starter of smoked breast of duck, scallop flan with tarragon and basil mayonnaise. For the plat principle we both had the pan-seared tournedos of beef with balsamic vingegar (and cassis mustard), mashed potatoes, sauteed cepe mushrooms and baby carrots (or you could have had the ravioli stuffed with cepe mushrooms with a tomato sauce and artichokes). There was then a fine selection of cheeses and a tart au citron (lemon tart) for dessert.
For wines we had a wonderful selection of Duval LeRoy Champagne (non cru - a bit disappointing...), an Alsation Pino Grigio Trimbach 2006 reserve, Antonin Rodet Mercurey 2008 Bourgogne Rouge, and a Haut -Medoc Chateau de Camensac 2007 Grand Cru. I went for the borgogne and it did not disappoint. In between there were copious servings of champagne, pastis and Congnac Tesseron lot No 90 XO... and I don't even have a hang-over!
We cleared security in Toronto and passport control at CDG airport in record short times, and becuase of our priority status as business class, our luggage was the first to come off the carrousel!
We have taken a lovely "alcove studio" apartment at #5 Ave Foch - just a stone's throw away from the Arc de Triumph (we arrived at the apartment at 10:30am local time). So far it is quiet (which is our biggest concern), and is everything that was promised to us by the agency. It's in an amazing late 1800's Hausmann building with high ceilings, crown moldings, etc, etc.... We don't seem to be lacking for anything. We spent the best part of the day exploring our neighbourhood by foot, laying in some grocery essentials (wine, coffee, pasta, etc...)
Weather is cool and overcast. The forecast calls for rain over night. The weather will determine what we're going to do tomorrow.
Hope everyone's well!
PS: Remember that you can click on any photo to enlarge it!
We had a great time in Air France's "L'espace Affaires" (Business Class) cabin - lie flat beds, extra seat width - humungous leg room, the whole bit. Superb food. It started with an amuse bouche of quail with chestnuts & cranberry preserves, followed by a starter of smoked breast of duck, scallop flan with tarragon and basil mayonnaise. For the plat principle we both had the pan-seared tournedos of beef with balsamic vingegar (and cassis mustard), mashed potatoes, sauteed cepe mushrooms and baby carrots (or you could have had the ravioli stuffed with cepe mushrooms with a tomato sauce and artichokes). There was then a fine selection of cheeses and a tart au citron (lemon tart) for dessert.
For wines we had a wonderful selection of Duval LeRoy Champagne (non cru - a bit disappointing...), an Alsation Pino Grigio Trimbach 2006 reserve, Antonin Rodet Mercurey 2008 Bourgogne Rouge, and a Haut -Medoc Chateau de Camensac 2007 Grand Cru. I went for the borgogne and it did not disappoint. In between there were copious servings of champagne, pastis and Congnac Tesseron lot No 90 XO... and I don't even have a hang-over!
We cleared security in Toronto and passport control at CDG airport in record short times, and becuase of our priority status as business class, our luggage was the first to come off the carrousel!
We have taken a lovely "alcove studio" apartment at #5 Ave Foch - just a stone's throw away from the Arc de Triumph (we arrived at the apartment at 10:30am local time). So far it is quiet (which is our biggest concern), and is everything that was promised to us by the agency. It's in an amazing late 1800's Hausmann building with high ceilings, crown moldings, etc, etc.... We don't seem to be lacking for anything. We spent the best part of the day exploring our neighbourhood by foot, laying in some grocery essentials (wine, coffee, pasta, etc...)
Weather is cool and overcast. The forecast calls for rain over night. The weather will determine what we're going to do tomorrow.
Hope everyone's well!
PS: Remember that you can click on any photo to enlarge it!
Wow...wish I was there...even just for the flight!
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