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After having  fine breakfast, Stefan bought me “macarons” for me. Not only Macarons but also other sweets were amazing. All sweets were full of novelty ideas but the sweets were still elegant. I felt like I was in an art museum! When you buy Macarons, you can choose a box from many choices. Every box is sooo cute. It’s quite difficult to choose one!!

Now I understand why so many people have attracted by Laduree.  I’m a fan of Laduree (^o^).

When you plan to go to Laduree in Paris, every shop is always crowded and sometimes you have to wait loooooooooong time. So I advise you to go there in early morning!!!

Finally I went to “Laduree” in Paris. I know in Tokyo there are Laduree but I’ve never been to there so I had wanted to go there for a long time.

When I went to there in the afternoon, I couldn’t enter the shop. Too many people and some people ( actually quite a lots of people) had to wait outside.

So on Saturday Stefan and I got up at 7 a.m and went to there to have a breakfast. Because of early time, we didn’t need to wait and we could have breakfast on 1st floor. ( American English is 2nd floor, in Japan we tend to use American English…)

I felt a long history of “Laduree” from the silverware, interior decoration and so on. I was also amazed at the menu book. Even menu book, it was sooooooo cute!!!!!! We had a graceful time there.

I found out next to the Laduree on Champs Elysees, there is a “La duree bar”. Next time I want to visist there with my darling!

Stefan and I tried to find the restaurant where we had first dinner together in Paris.

We both didn’t remember its name only we knew was the area (It’s not so far away from Eiffel Tower)…

When we started finding the restaurant, I had already been hungry. But I really wanted to have dinner with Stefan at the cozy restaurant.

Walked and walked…We checked nearly every street in the area. But we couldn’t find it. After 2 hours we gave up seaching for it any more.

So we went to the restaurant which is also near to Eiffel Tower. The staffs were very kind and friendly so we are pleased with their service. The meals were also good. Stefan was very happy with the escargot!

( I don’t like escargots…I just can’t stand the looking…Sorry, Mr.Escargot!)

I have been to many countries and each country I really enjoyed very much, but I can say “Paris” is one of the valuable cities of walking without any purpose. Even thought shops are closed, it doesn’t matter!

Just walk and turn whenever you want to. And when you are tired, you can stop by a cafe. Since there are many cafes.

One thing is a bit pity. When I was in Paris first time, there weren’t any Starbucks Coffee. (I think it’s 8 years ago)  But now, not every corner but quite a lot, you can find Starbacks in Paris. This is my own opinion… Paris is the city where Starbacks doesn’t match. What do you think?  I’m not saying that I’m anti-Starbucks. Generally I like Starbucks!!

By the way, in Athens, Vienna and Salzburg, I didn’t see any Starbucks…

I found  beautiful and splendid stairs in “Swarovski” The shop is located along the  Champ Elysees. The stairs are made of a lots of Swarovski stones.

I was charmed by the beauty of the stairs. And when I went up the stairs , I felt as if I was a princess.

Maybe I’ll visit there again just see the stairs…