August 23, 2013

Picnicking in Paris

Sometime during our Icelandic roadtrip with Denis & Emma, we got on the topic of those amazing Parisian wine bars they took us to last Fall and where we should meet up in Asia next Spring. Then before we knew it, Christian and I had found semi-affordable train tickets to visit Denis & Emma in Paris a few weeks later. We tried to justify the cost by saying it would be our last European weekend trip before moving to California. Oh how I will miss these weekend rendezvous' in Europe!

The weekend worked out exactly as we hoped it would and we did just that: wine-bar hopped and plotted our reunion in Asia next Spring :).

We shared several bottles of wine (maybe more than several), charcuterie boards with pretty spreads of cured meats and cheeses and spent Saturday picnicking by the Eiffel Tower. 

Good friends, good food, good breakfast (thanks Emma!) good wine and trip planning? Life does't get much sweeter. And when Denis & Emma dropped us off at Gare du Nord for our return trip, the smiles on our faces couldn't get any bigger as we said the words "SEE YOU IN BANGKOK!"

My favorite wine bar of the weekend: the cute and bohemian Les Caves Populaires.

Enjoy this short video Christian whipped together from our Parisian weekend!


12 comments:

Jenna said...

This looks like the best way possible to end your European adventures (for now)! Love the video by Christian and all of the beautiful parisian photos :)

xxx
Jenna

Unknown said...

Awesome! We had a blast with you guys THANKS FOR COMING! And just like you said...See you in Bangkok Bitches! ;D hahahaha

Have a good weekend!

Emma & Denis

Sarah said...

Aw this sounds/looks like an amazing trip! I love the video-- perfect music to accompany it! You're making me want to go back to Paris.

lauren | eyes/ears/mouth+lens said...

This is going to sound crazy, but I think my friends and I quite literally sat in the same spot as you did when we went picnicking! We were right in front of the path that cut off the first part of grass from the second part. Craaaaaazy. And of course love the photos :)

Unknown said...

this looks like such an ideal picnic! literally living my dream!

Jay said...

I loved those first few photos and definitely such a perk to have friends in Paris!

outlawnotahero said...

Oh this makes me miss Paris! Gotta love Eiffel Tower picnics :)

A and B said...

I would give anything for a picnic by the eiffel tower right about now!

Andi of My Beautiful Adventures said...

Oh these photos are just amazing!!! What's better than a picnic in Paris?

Unknown said...

So very romantic!! Thanks for sharing!

Nicole Marie said...

a total dream! i really need to go to paris when its not freezing! ive always wanted to have a picnic under the eiffel tower but its always been so cold when i went

Unknown said...

You guys are so cute! I can only imagine the conversations what must have gone on when the four of you are boozing together in the park ha!