Time is now drawing in on us and we have only a few more days before we leave Paris. As you will have gathered, dining out is something we quite enjoy; so today we headed down to the area near the University so we could get a couple of books at Shakespeare and Co., to read on the flight back and to have a meal at Chez Clement. You may remember we mentioned this restaurant chain before; having eaten there with different friends on two separate occasions. This time we were on our own and went to a different one of the chain. Very posh, indeed. Very Bel Epoque inside and the food was every bit as good as we remembered it at the other two restaurants in the chain.
In the evening we decided since the weather was a bit milder, to go out to see the Christmas lights. We got to the Champs Elysees and strolled about half the length up to the etoile. All of the trees were decorated with blue lights and the store fronts ranged from sensational to magnificent. Hopping aboard a bus we went down to Concord, where the great ferris wheel is located and then came back on the same bus to the Rond Point des Champs-Elysees.
From there, we wandered down toward the Seine, to the Place d'Alma along the rue Montaigne where the trees were all red lights. Everything there is very classy and very understated.
From there we had a terrific view of the hourly light display of the Eiffel Tower. While not as sensational as the New Year's Eve display on the Harbor Bridge, it was pretty spectacular and not even New Year's Eve.
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