Paris visit
We enjoyed our Silver Wedding Anniversary trip to Paris. Didn't want to go to museums this time and I wanted to visit the big department stores in the Boulevard Hausseman. This is the Galeries Lafayette. A fantastic dome. It's such a beautiful building. We went to the basement Food Hall and wow - what a feast for the eyes. These are a few of the delicious cakes on offer. Some hams and sausages. And of course, the famous Poilane bread. We went on a tour of the area around our hotel with our friend's son, who lives in Paris. In one of the lovely glass topped arcades I found this shop selling biscuits - can't remember its name! This is the famous Fauchon shop in the Place de Madeleine. They sell macarons and I bought some to try - delicious! For our Anniversary dinner we went back to a lovely restaurant we'd found on our honeymoon. It's called 'Julien' and now belongs to the famous '