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Feria Cafe, Paris FR
We came here during a late-ish night of walking around in the perfectly warm summer air. This area was definitely a tourist trap section with packed restaurants and abundant outdoor seating. Our feet were tired and we were hungry so we snatched a seat at Feria Cafe. I guess it’s supposed to be a tapas restaurant, but their extensive menu has a bit of everything to please any tourist who happens to chance by.
I could have ordered Spanish tapas, burgers or any number of random fried food from the menu but I was in the mood for crepes. This was probably not the best place for crepes, but I always cave in to my cravings. I mean, does it really matter if the crepes are horrible if they’re drenched in orange-flavored cognac liqueur?! LOL! Ok, I guess it does because the crepes were still bad. They poured so much Grand Marnier on the crepes that only part of it burned off after they flambeed the plate. It was like eating crepes dipped in pure alcohol. Lame!
Cafe Viennois. 5,50€
So this version is apparently more a Wiener Melange (cappuccino) than an espresso con panna (espresso with whipped cream). Oh well.
July Column, Place de la Bastille. For some reason, I thought that this area would have some kind of Bastille museum, but it’s just a square with a column in the center. It’s also a major roundabout so the traffic is busy.
Vittle Monster 
We used to stay near here (at the other end of the Rue de la Roquette) and each time have at least one meal at an inexpensive Irish restaurant run by an Englishman from Kent whose Irish Stew was actually a very good Beef Bourguignon.
I don’t think I’ve had Irish stew, but I’ve tried Dublin coddle and it was nothing like beef bourguignon. That’s odd, but fortuitous. 🙂
That sums up that restaurant neatly. 🙂
Bad crepes in Paris? Oh man, that sucks. 😦
Tell me about it! 😉
When I was in Paris, I was in the mood for lasagna. I ordered it instead of the the special – roast chicken and potatoes. Big mistake. Feel your pain!
The original outline of the Bastille is still in cobblestones on the ground. Did you look down and notice it?
I love that even though it was torn down, the outline remains. We are products of the past and the Europeans pay homage to their past so well! In Australia it would be knocked down and long forgotten 😦
No, I didn’t know that! We were traveling on the fly so we didn’t really read up on anything and didn’t want to go by guidebooks. That would have been good to know though! I guess I’ll have to check next time. 🙂