I see a theme developing.
Was the chocolate shop Debauve & Gallais ?
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Maybe 
⌠What is the theme?
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I donât remember the name, but here is a picture. Perhaps we were in the Latin Quarter by then.
Yes; thatâs the place! I remember this part.
We were in Versailles this morning and wanted to use a bathroom with no line. Our guide told us to point at things, hold our heads up, and look at things with disdain!
ETA To his credit, he didnât use the word disdain, but something similar.
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La Rotonde ( St. Honore) for lunch. I see Rotonde Montparnasse gets several mentions on HO. I think we went there in 2016.
We had limited options at 1:30, after Versailles, and this was pleasant surprise!
Oops! Started eating before pictures!.
Husband had roast beef sandwich with roasted potatoes.
Daughter had penne with tomato sauce and burrata
I had a zucchini and ricotta quiche with a salad with lentils
A market on the way back!
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Such great pics! Thank you for sharing. I love the ceiling of the restaurant in the first set of photos you shared. Iâm getting hungry looking at your pictures.
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I second @kobuta! Really excellent tour of your trip! I donât know how you kept up with all of that as you traveled. Iâm in awe!
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Merci and Bon jour! After a brief recovery from an emergency evacuation of De Gaulle airport, we are heading back to California. Wish me bon voyage!
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Oops! As we proceeded I was trying to clarify tipping vs service. This often escaped us, but i donât think anyones feelings were hurt.
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So, now that you are back, what memories of your trip shine the brightest? Which are already a faint blur? Not just Paris and not just the food but everything.
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Thank you for asking! Seriously.
I need to think about this more, but every time someone asked where we were from, we said California, New York, and Turkey, and acknowledged this was our chance for our family to be together. That was the best part.
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What the hell happened?!
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I donât know. Lots of loud alarms, a variety of words, and quews. I think someone went somewhere without permission
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Congratulations on your family trip. DH & I had a nightmare experience at CDG and I will forever avoid that airport as long as I live.
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Same thing happened to us at CDG several years ago. We asked the rent-a-car person about it. They said it was a regular occurrence and usually the result of the authorities finding an abandoned piece of luggage somewhere in the terminal.
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They took my passport away. I get a wheelchair assist in the airport, I couldnât go to the bathroom for over 6 hours.
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It appears you are a traveler, not a tourist. Well done.
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It was a good trip that seems more like a dream with each passing day.
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We were just looking at pictures of this trip, and I think the highlights for me were not restaurants, but Kew Gardens, Versailles, Borough Market and other random food markets and grocery stores, and making cheese in a town near Ghent (Zeilzicht).
Amsterdam was probably the family favorite, especially the canal ride on the little boat from the Hotel Pulitzer.
Our favorite food experiences were probably
La Rotonde ( St. Honore) for lunch, largely because of the waitress.
In Bruge, which proved hard to find a reservation in, we were relieved to find âTaj Majalâ, a comfortable Indian place with great service. We also enjoyed a place across from a favorite hotel, The Grand Hotel Casselelbergh, Restaurant Diligence, one of many claiming to be in the movie.
In Paris restaurant lâArdoise was a pleasant memory, and we went to Brasserie Flottes to twice, so thatâs saying something. The second time didnât end well because there was a mouse under our table. We tried to be discreet, and the waiter seemed unimpressed.
Our âWalking Tour of St. Germainâ was also nice, but I was tired and over-ful toward the end, and relieved when it was over.
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