Today we started the day by leaving the hotel with our guide Sylvvie. She brought us through the metro station and visited a church to kill time before the tour. We met Olivia outside of a metro stop, where she gave us a quick background history of Paris and the metro station. We had these delicious pastries, which I unfortunately forgot the name of. It was light and fluffy on the inside, and the top was coated with a sugar that made it deliciously sweet. 

The Chocolate Shop 

We visited Maison Le Roux, a chocolate and caramel shop, one of the first to mix the two together. We tried the original chocolate caramel, and we were also able to choose one flavor. I chose the raspberry, which I loved more than the chocolate. It reminded me of saltwater taffy. I also tried a chocolate on my own, but I was not the biggest fan of it, only because it was dark chocolate and I prefer milk chocolate.

The Macaroon Bakery 

Next on the tour, we stopped at Pierre Hermé. Olivia told us a little about the history of the shop and the chef. When he first opened his shop, many people did not believe in him and thought he would quickly go out of business. Fortunetly he did not, and is now a sucessful buisness man who has dozens of bakeries and delicious pastries! These bakeries are best known for their macarons, which I had never tried before. There were about 10 flavors to try, and a few were seasonal and would be gone in a few weeks! I had the vanilla, and it was absolutely delicious. I decided to go back and buy some for myself!

Dinner

After the Bakery, we stopped at a cheese shop and a bread shop to bring with us to dinner. Here, Olivia served us first with sparkling wine, which we would call champagne, but in France, it is only called champagne when it is made in and with the grapes grown from the Champagne region. I thought it was delicious! This was served with Foie gras and bread. Foie gras is duck liver, and this was served with bread. I was not a huge fan of the texture. Next, we were served with cheese, which was delicious and amazing with the bread. After that, we had a dish served with several pork dishes, which mostly reminded me of pepperoni, and they all paired well with the red wine that was served. After that, we were able to choose between 3 dishes for dinner. There was veal stew, chicken and rice, and stuffed peppers.
I chose the chicken and rice, which was absolutely amazing. The chicken was super moist and had a salty kick to it. Then, for dessert, Olivia brought a cake that she had brought from Pierre Bakery, which was where we stopped for macarons.