Paris With Family

When Steve finished working Friday we drove into Paris to visit with his cousins for the weekend.

Friday night we had a bistro meal "en terrasse" at L'Arrosoir in the Faubourg-Saint-Antoine area. I love that Parisians eat outside when ever possible, even throughout the winter with the use of over head heaters and heavy plastic tent-like walls that enclose the patios.

The restaurant is in the Arts Viaduct-

http://www.viaducdesarts.fr/index.php?lang=en&page=5&nom=historique

We walked along to see a few of the shops but we did not go above to see the gardens as it was pretty late. A return visit to the viaduct is on my list for other trips to Paris.

http://www.paris-walking-tours.com/promenadeplantee.html



We got to see the swarms of rollerbladers who get to blade with abandon throughout Paris one Friday night a month when the city closes down streets and intersections for them as they pass through. It was a very cool sight. There were many hundreds of bladers that passed right at the corner where we were having dinner.

More on the weekend later...