Le Cordon Bleau

On Saturday a few of us 'Chatenay' girls went into Paris for a cooking class with l'atlier chefs which is at Galleries Lafayette (a very very chic department store!), there was a student discout for the month of September. We signed up for 'La pause gouter' - taste of teabreak. It was good fun but I was expecting to have our own little workstation but we all made the same things together. We made little pistachio financiers, ferrer coco (in the pic) and an orange and mint salad with mint & almond crumble. Everything was delicious! the whole class was in French, I didn't do too badly, although there were some bits I missed completely, but I have few new words to add to my vocabulary so learnt both french and cooking! Here's a quick clip showing how to make financiers (in french of course!).
In our sexy aprons!
Making the financiers...
We searched for a park but only found this gorgeous enclosed square to eat our goodies. Pretty amazing to be eating under a statue, it was so peaceful compared to the mayhem that is around Galleries Lafayette with all the tourists...although I am not sure that I could find it again!

As we were at Galleries Lafayette, we decided to check out the shoe 'section', it was a whole floor of shoes, I was in heaven, ofcourse they are ridiculously expensive but so nice to look at and dream. So many people though!
After finishing drooling over shoes, we went to Chatelet (a big shopping and restaraunt district) which was more in our price range. We went past the Centre Pompidou(an art culture museum) and decided to take a quick break from shopping.

I love the street performers, they are really good quality and seem to be able to get past my langugae barrier! It is such an easy way to pass half an hour sitting watching and takign a break from all the hustle and bussle, the Centre Pompidou is the best place to watch them (after the steps of Sacre Coeur ofcourse)as it creates a natural ammphitheatre and spectacular backdrop.
J'adore les bulles...as do the kids!
After a long afternoon exploring the area, we went for a lovley meal in a little cafe in Chatelet before catching the train home for an early night finally