Chau's Last Day

I got to the dorm from the airport at around 11:00, so I rested for about an hour and then went to meet Chau to hang out with her on her last day in Paris.

We started off at Cafe Jade on Rue Bucci, one of her favorite restaurants. The food was pretty good. I had a duck terrine to start and then a steak au poivre, but skipped dessert as we had planned to have a chocolate africain later. The manager of the cafe had lived in San Francisco 10 years ago, so she stopped by to chat for a while and reminisce.

Afterwards we went to Gibert Jeune to buy some books, and then met her friend Leslie, who's also a bartender at Kubanito. She was totally fun, and took us to some good, less pricey shopping areas to look for shoes. She was very patient and insisted in talking french to us for practice.

After a long afternoon of shopping we tried to go to Angelique's for the chocolate africain, but it was too crowded, so instead we went to Rue Mouffetard, had some crepes (I had a Grand Marnier, butter and sugar crepe which was good until it cooled down and then it just got gross), and then went to a bar that Leslie knew around the corner to hang out for a bit.

We ordered hot chocolates, and they came with the cutest chocolate-covered bear-shaped marshmellows (grrrr!). Afterwards, we walked Leslie home so she could get ready for work and then made plans to meet up later to hang out.