Frog tasting in Paris

24 October 2017 Travel time: with 28 august 2017 on 28 august 2017
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8-00 – breakfast, at 9-00 we handed over things to the bus, and the bus with the group went to Versailles. The rest could go for a walk or stay in the room until 12-00. I stayed, lay down for a bit, figured out options where I could go. I remembered that on the Internet, on some forum, they described some kind of cafe in Montmartre, where they cook frog legs. Having studied the metro map, I wrote down the route (lines, stations, transitions) on a piece of paper and left the hotel at 10-45. The weather was cloudy in the morning.

First, I took the 4th line to Montparnasse Bienvenue,

got a little lost in the transitions (as many as four metro lines converge at the station! ), but found the transition to the 12th dark green line and drove 13 stops to the Pigalle station. At one of the stations, a couple - a man and a woman - entered the car and began to sing lyrical Spanish songs.


They had a cart with a column with them, and after performing a couple of songs, they walked around the car with a plastic cup.

Leaving the Pigalle Square, I found the street. Frosho and walked along it to the street. Victor Mase. Here on the corner was this cafe - "Bistrot du 9eme", where I went at 11-30. There were few visitors, I took the best place - on a red leather sofa by a mirror with painted Parisian sights. Immediately began to figure out how to say "frog legs. " I remembered the funny toothless frog from the video clips - Crazy Frog. And immediately remembered how in English "legs" - legs. Frog's legs! The waitress understood everything, showed me this dish in the English/French menu. As a result, for 15E they brought me a large plate with 10 fried frogs and french fries for a side dish. Plus 7E I gave for 250 ml of wine. In appearance and taste, the paws resemble a mixture of white fish and white chicken meat.

I ate it all with pleasure, the wine lifted my spirits and even the sun came out.

At about 13:00, after paying with a Svyaznoybank MasterCard and leaving a 2E coin for tea, I went by metro to look at the Pompidou Center for Contemporary Art. To do this, I had to travel 7 stops on the 2nd dark blue line to the Belleville station, change to the 11th brown line and drive 4 stops to the Rambuteau station. Part of the 2nd branch runs along the surface, you can see a little of Paris, there is also a Stalingrad station on this branch.

At the Pompidou Center people were sitting on the pavement and resting, a man and a woman were blowing big soap bubbles, which a bunch of children merrily destroyed. Looking at this fun, I completely forgot that I also wanted to see the Stravinsky Fountain.

But for 15E I bought my relatives 3 T-shirts with the symbols of Paris and a souvenir spoon for 5E (Made In China), paying with Sberbank VISA-Electron.


It was necessary to gradually move to the meeting point (15-00, McDonald's at the Louvre) and I went along Saint-Mer street, crossed Sevastopol Boulevard, looked at the Fountain of the Innocents. Then I went along the street. Berge, from afar observing the Church of Saint-Eustache, similar in some way to Notre Dame. Past the trading exchange came to the Rue Louvre, turned left, and then turned onto the Rue Saint-Honoré . I looked at how the Protestant Church of the Louvre Oratorio looks from the other side, interesting metal structures on the building of the Ministry of Culture and Communication. Passed by Comé die Francaise again, looked at the fountain with the nymph.

At 15-00 we got on the bus and drove further - to the sea.

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