Back to Paris
Wissous is the name of the village-suburb just north of Orly Airport south of Paris. Sophie is the name of our host. She is Asian but has lived in Paris for 25 years off & on. She is very nice & helped us with transportations while here. She followed us to the TTcar transit Center to return the beast, technically, to sell her back. What a relief a relief! I wanted to scream for joy.She also suggested a nearby restaurant in the old village center & drove us there! It's a restored barn built in the 13th century called the "Tithe Barn" because it was the storage place for 1/10th of the harvest. Some of the funds raised were supposedly used to help finish Notre Dame Cathedral. We haven't eaten out much as a couple but this seemed like a perfect ending to celebrate near completion of our trip.
The waiter wore a suit & the menu was only 2 pages with a couple salad choices, a cheese platter, 6 entrees (3 fish & 3 beef options) & a handful of desserts. Stacia got the veal cutlet & I got the beef tenderloin which were both excellent. For dessert Stacia ordered the only on the menu with chocolate in the name & when it showed up it was nothing like we pictured but it was delicious. I simply ordered sorbet since that seemed pretty safe; it was just ok, kind of like fancy popsicle with whipped cream on top.
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| celebration after returning the beast |
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| The "Tithe Barn" Restaurant |
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| the church across the courtyard |
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| entryway of the restaurant |
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| deciding what to order, no wine glasses needed |
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| Stacia's veal cutlet |
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| my beef tenderloin paired with San Pellegrino sparkling water |
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| Stacia's "chocolate" dessert |
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| the sorbet |
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| back at our place by the airport, our last night on continental Europe! |
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