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Short trip to France

Froggy

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In and around Aix-en-Provence

The centre of Aix
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Relaxing under a tree
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This is a nice Chinese restaurant in Aix if you are sick of French food.

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Had dinner there
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Long beans
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Sichuan beef
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Beef
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A good dinner overall and very nice environment
 

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Had breakfast in Aix 2 Sundays ago before leaving for Marseille
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Morning order beer get a free platter of this
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The next time when you are in Paris, you may wish to visit at least one of two gleaming skyscrapers that belong to Familee.
 

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One evening in Marseille went for Marseille's famous bouillabaisse soup

Evening in Marseille (its like 9pm)
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The restaurant
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Started with a white
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Cold crab and sea snails
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What can I say
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Here comes the soup, lion fish
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Finally after almost 12 hours (slept very well for 6 hours in flight) I arrived in Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport


Was a long queue however it moves fast do didn't really take very long. Arriving at Baggage collection

 

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Took a taxi at the airport to the hotel in center of Paris. Its a flat rate of 53 Euro.

Streets of Paris seen from a taxi

Took a short walk around the hotel area
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Had a beer in a cafe near hotel while waiting for room to be ready (arrived in hotel at 8am)

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First French beer
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Followup beer
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Had lunch at a popular restaurant. Opens 11.30am so customers queueing

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Restaurant just opened
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Very soon
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My table
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Starter escargot and wine
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Main
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By the time I finished its full
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I did not have dinner, simply rested in the room until this morning
 

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Someone recommended a bakery in Paris "Maison Passos" for its quiche so I had my breakfast there yesterday

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My ham and cheese and potatoes quiche

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Actually its my first time having quiche, I kindda like it

After the quiche I had another coffee and a croissant

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By the way this is a pretty nice hotel and centrally located at Opera area

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good for 5 nights
 

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Lunch was at a restaurant close to the hotel and its really good I must say - Bistrot Rougemont

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Fantastic escargot - staff told me only serve escargot for dinner but I insisted so he obliged

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Beef was also very good

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But why the French don't make good French fries? Fries looked rather sad no?

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Had very late dinner at 9pm last night. Took a long walked

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Narrow lane towards the restaurant
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The restaurant on the right
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Frenchie the restaurant
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A very nice red, I remembered I had this a few times before when I visited Rhone
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Tarte tomatoes and mozzarella
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Main course - black pig pan fried
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Super tender pork
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Nice walk back to the hotel
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Finally, it’s been 6 days 5 nights in Paris and time to go home

Will post the rest of the photos and videos when I get back

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I had my best meal this trip on Wednesday dinner at the L'Escargot restaurant


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Started with pastis
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My 3 starters
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Foie gras
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Escargot
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So tender
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Frog legs
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Juicy frog legs
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Main course is sole fish
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deboned
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Long queue after I finished
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