Day 5 – The finale before we head home.

We woke up to start our last day in Paris. It’s hard to believe that this adventure is coming to a close. We don’t have much planned for the day, but we have plenty to keep us busy. Paperwork, packing and lunch will be our primary tasks.

Lunch at La Rôtisserie d’Argent was our final meal in Paris and it was a fine choice for a send-off meal. It is located in the 5th arrondissement just a short walk from Notre Dame and across the street from its famous sister restaurant La Tour d’Argent.

As it is right between Metro stations and not on a direct bus route, we opted to take a taxi to avoid someone’s hair from getting messed up – and Sue’s too! Given that it was just past noon, the streets were pretty busy and there were more people walking around than the day before.

Fear of the restaurant being stuffy and over-priced because of its pedigree vanished as soon as we entered. We were greeted and welcomed in like old friends. We were given the choice to pick any table we wanted and ended up sitting in seats right in the front window. Every French movie set in a Bistrot flashed through my mind. (Honestly, I only know a few, but they did all flash through my mind…)

To add to the fun, we again asked for one menu in French and one backup in English. The host, who was also to be our server, laughingly said he would only talk to us in French – and then did. He did slip in a little English here and there to help us out.

We ordered a duck terrine that we split, then we both had the signature duck confit. We also ordered a bottle of red burgundy – 2022 Domaine Nicolas Rossignol Volnay.

Then before I could plead my case, our server convinced me to order dessert. How could I say no? No, really, I didn’t know how. So an île flottante found its way to our table – luckily!

I’ll cut right to the chase – it was an awesome lunch! The food lived up to the restaurant’s reputation and the wine paired exquisitely. When you add in the service and friendliness of the staff, it was just perfect.

Since we were just across from taxi stand, we thought it might be smart to take a taxi back to the hotel. The driver was less than thrilled to have a small fare, but graciously took us back to our hotel. The walk from the restaurant is deceptively longer than it appears on paper. Anyway, twenty minutes later we were back at the hotel digesting our meal.

We were within the timeframe, so the first thing we did was check-in for our flights tomorrow. Everything went smoothly and everything looks to be on-time.

We have some snacks in the room that we’ll save for later, but we won’t be venturing out this evening. Our taxi will be picking us up at 8:00 am to head to the airport, so we’ll be going to bed early to get a good night’s rest.

Bonne Nuit!