European Adventure Recap - Dinner in Paris

Today's Throwback Thursday is simply another recap from my 2009 European Adventure...enjoy!

Sunday October 25, 2009

Paris, France

After watching the sunset along the Seine, we found a place to eat dinner.  Since we had Rachel with us (and she speaks French) we went to a real sit-down restaurant instead of going to a deli (which is what we had been doing - we could point at baguettes through glass cases there).

I don't remember the name of the restaurant or where it was really, but we really enjoyed it. 

Here's Rachel & Shannon at our table:

I got Duck (which was very good) and home-style potatoes

Shannon got Chicken and REAL French Fries (maybe they just call them Fries there?)

I indulged and got some divine Crème Brûlé!

 Shannon got Pie a la Mode

Although I can't remember the details of where the restaurant was, I do know it was close to the Eiffel Tower - here's a view between buildings of it, lit up in blue-purplish lights.

Throwback Thursday

My First Formal Dance - 8th Grade - May 19, 1994

Throwback Thursday

 My favorite place to eat in college was a Mexican restaurant called Los Portales.  I ate there about 2-3 times a week, at least, I'd say.  It was yummy, not to mention cheap & quick - everything a college student needs.

Not only did I eat there A LOT, I celebrated 5 out of the 6 birthdays I had in college there (yes, I was in college for 6 years, but I got two degrees, so get off my back!).

At "Los" (that's what we called it, which I realize really just means "the") when it's your birthday, they bring out a sombrero and a sopapilla with ice cream and sing a very slow, Spanish version of a birthday song...then they thump you on the top of the hat at the end of the song.

 I'm very excited to say that I'll get to taste Los again this weekend....maybe, I'll tell them it's my birthday!

Throwback Thursday

Around this time back in 2009, Shannon and I took a trip to Las Vegas.  You know, we're such party girls, that it was on the top of our list.  ;)  Seriously though - we had a blast and while Vegas isn't Family Friendly by any means, even conservative Christians like us could enjoy some of what it offers.



  

We walked around the hotels and casinos enjoying the interior & exterior architecture.....

Ate lots of yummy food and desserts (several times from Monte Carlo's awesome buffet)......

Went on a helicopter ride to the Grand Canyon where we had lunch on the bottom of the canyon.....

We drove to the Hoover Dam.......

And even enjoyed a Chris Tomlin concert from the 6th row!  And met his drummer, Travis Nunn, after the concert.

I'm currently making a photobook of this trip on mixbook.com, so I thought it fitting for my Throwback Thursday.