TLDR = Too Long, Didn’t Read (long post follows, soz, we have been busy)

Our last couple of days in Paris were all about revisiting some of our favourite places and exploring a couple of new ones. There is so much of Europe we have yet to explore that we have no immediate plans to return… but who knows?

Near the apartment we stayed in for the first 2 trips was a boulangerie called “Du Pain et Des Idees”, which turned out to be my favourite of all, their pistachio and chocolate escargot (a delicious spiral pastry) was a much beloved memory, so we decided to cross town for breakfast and see if it was as good as we remembered.

After a complex metro trip, we arrived at Jacques Bonsargent, “our” old stop, and after a short walk were in the queue to enter this beloved shop. 

We bought a pistachio+chocolate escargot for me and a rum+raisin escargot for Jo, and a piece of Flan to share – something we had not tried before (a traditional deep dish custard tart), then headed back to the metro to make our way to the queues outside the Louvre. It was wonderful that the memory of the thing and the thing itself aligned. I would commute again for the pastries, just so good. I cannot recommend this place enough, their bread and pastries are world class, and made for a fabulous breakfast treat.