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Stop Over in Paris

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We have now left Langres and are on our way to Newcastle (girls) or California (boy). After a quick train trip during which the girls slept end to end, we are spending the afternoon in Paris, before meeting with my brothers tonight for dinner.

On the menu, a bit of Champs Elysées, a bit of Metro a peak hour, a dash of walking around the heart of Paris and another mandatory "Apéritif".

And the girls now both know how to cheer with a glass in their hands... 

Langres, France (part 2, "Le Cheval Blanc")

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The same way I would make sure that I come to Langres every time I come to Europe, I try to make sure I pay a visit to my old friend Yves Chevalier (and family) each and every time I visit Langres, or to be more precise, to his restaurant, "Le Cheval Blanc", taking my parents out there, enjoying some champagne and petits-fours in the petit salon, surrounded by paintings of local artists and friends (PKB, you know who you are). 

 

This trip was no exception and the tribe (4 adults and 2 kids) invaded the place for a couple of hours of culinary pleasures washed by some fantastic wines, a visit between coté mer (seaside, mainly seafood) and coté terre (inland, earthy meats and flavours). 

 

If you ever drive by Langres, you absolutely have to stop by Yves' place and tell him I said "Hi!".

Langres, France (part 1)

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Whenever I come to Europe for either work or leisure, I always try to take few days and go back "home" to Langres. We might live in LA and have lived in several major metropolis, I have never forgotten where I come from, the mud sticking on my shoes and the friends I grew up with.

 

Having to help Tia write a daily journal during her European tour, we took her to Langres cathedral (not a church, a proper Gothic cathedral), took some pictures and get her to experience walking on gourd that is over several centuries old, compared to our Californian home, where anything over 90 years of age is considered antique.

 

Well, the cathedral is to that old, if you compare it actually to the Roman gate located on the other side of the city, still standing and dated 32 BC that used to be one of my adolescence drinking spot... 

Little French Girls

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Spending a couple of days in France, at my parents, the girls discovered (or re-discovered for Thia) the traditional visit to one of the local bars before dinner for the mandatory "Apéritif".

Both enjoyed their daily game of "baby-foot" (table football) washed by a couple of "diabolo grenadine" (Pomegranate syrup mixed with French lemonade).

Being in the middle of the Rugby World Cup, both had to wear their colors as well (the French ones, please), while Loulou had to go the extra mile and hide under a large hat!