H/B/F 2017: best of Dijon — food and drink (and a Michelin star!)

Dijon, along with Paris and Lyon, is known for its gastronomy and we definitely had a couple stand-out meals. Continue reading “H/B/F 2017: best of Dijon — food and drink (and a Michelin star!)”

H/B/F 2017: Paris highlights

Our next stop on the trip was Paris–my favorite place on the planet (or at least tied for first with Emily’s house).

Andrew and I have been to Paris a few times so far, and he always asks, “What are we going to do that we haven’t done?”  Well, this year, we saw something completely new: La Grande Arche de la Défense.  We’d actually never really been to La Défense before, which is a business district outside of the city (seen in the second photo, below). The arch is really an incredible sight; I’m almost regretting that I talked Andrew out of spending an exorbitant amount of money for us to ride to the top (it actually re-opened THAT DAY).

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