La Jour I Got A Fresh, Hot, Just-Baked Baguette - and It Changed My Life.

OH LA LA.
Moments ago, in la rue, I was trying to decide which boulangerie I should go to, to pick up a bageutte to accompany my pumpkin soup (more on the soup later). I went with the boulangerie at the end of my street, and as I left holding my warm, crusty, just-out-of-the-oven baguette - I knew I had made the right choice!

One bite in, I was in a world of bready-delight. I made myself wait until I was home to continue manging. Incroyable! Even more incroyable when I dipped it in my pumpkin soup. Yes - I found pumpkin in Paris. However - I found it in my grocery store, pre-made, and to be perfectly honest, it let me down. You can only imagine my glee in finding soupe de potrion, but it was kind of bland when I warmed it up for dinner last night. Nothing like the pumpkin harvest soup at au bon pain. So - the search will continue. I did ask my French teacher where I can find pumpkin things - and she told me to buy a pumpkin and make them! We actually went on a pumpkin/coooking discussion, and she ended up assigning us "make pumpkin soup" for our homework on Monday - where we will have a pumpkin soup-off! How fun! Of course, I will win. As soon as I find out where I can buy a pumpkin!

Right now, I'm watching a Ratatouille. I have finally become brave enough to watch it, because my own Ratatouille has been MIA for awhile now. It is really adorable. I learned on the Seine boat ride with Josh, that the restaurant in the movie, "Gusteau's" is based off a real resturant in Paris, called "La Tour d'Argent" and aside from being very famous - it is the oldest resturant in Paris! It gives the movie a whole new level of wonderfulness.

Tomorrow - I have my final midterm! Afterwards, I am going to go to the Palais de Luxembourg, where there is a beautiful Tiffany glass exhibit right now! My architecture class is meeting there to go to the Sourbonne chapel. So - I get to see two things in one day! A much needed cultural experience to celebrate the offical end of midterms!

I must say - whoever wrote Ratatouille must have loved Paris almost as much as I do! It truly has some wonderful lines! Like
""what better place to dream, than in Paris?"