*I forgot to post this during the winter- but since it was 36 degrees this morning, I thought that it would be appropriate for today.
Chocolat: Girard's
Ice skating at Rockefeller Center is a popular winter activity, Matt and I go to Frog Pond in Boston to skate outside in the dead of winter, and in Paris, you head to the Hotel de Ville to lace up your skates. It’s a make shift rink in the courtyard of the Hotel de Ville, which is really just a pretty building and backdrop. We went in the late afternoon on a Friday and it wasn’t too packed. There are always a few people there practicing ice dancing, doing tricks, and lots of couples holding hands. They play loud American clubbing music and we had a blast circling the rink. Tons of spectators watch from the boards and we got a few chants. After we were half frozen, we walked around the Rue du Rivioli, another shopping street in Paris. Greg was drawn to this giant chocolate fountain in a window display and we decided to go inside. Girard’s Chocolatier sells chocolate and sugared almonds. The sugared almonds are given out as gifts at Communions and Weddings and the salesperson let me try a few. Then I noticed a giant spinning wheel of chocolate and spun it to decide which bar I was going to get. I chose a bar of dark chocolate, of course (une tablette chocolat noir) and nibbled it (ok took a huge bite) as we finished walking around and headed home for dinner.
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