morocco in paris

Had a very cultural day today! Esther and I ventured off to the Musee Rodin in the afternoon, which was gorgeous, especially on such a beautiful day. It was very easy to find (which is a rarity for us), and now that I know where it is I think I will definitely go back on another pretty afternoon to sit in the gardens. The museum is actually Rodin's house (a mansion, really) with his sculptures and various busts, portraits, and other artists' portraits of him throughout. The gardens are also amazing....I am so glad we went!

We then continued our night at the Moroccan restaurant that is just below our apartment. Esther made friends with one of the waiters on her first night, and so we have been going there a few nights a week for this amazing sweet mint tea which they always refuse to let us pay for!

So tonight we decided we would finally accompany our tea with a full Moroccan meal. Upon sitting down, our waiter friend promptly brought us a plate of potatoes, carrots, and olives and two unknown pink cocktails, which turned out to be very sweet and good. We were slightly confused by the menu so we ended up ordered two chicken dishes: couscous poulet and tangine poulet. We were also eyeing a crepe-like pancake at the table next to us, so we pointed to theirs and ordered that as an appetizer. The first thing that came was NOT what we pointed to...it was an egg and tuna fish filled pocket thing, we still don't know what it was, but ate it anyways! The two chicken dishes came after that and by then we knew we were overwhelmed, they were HUGE, we had WAY too much food (see picture). We turned down our waiter friend's dessert offers and ended our Moroccan night with our favorite mint tea. I must say, it is perhaps the best thing I have had in France thus far....

After dinner Esther and I learned some important lessons: leave for the movie you are going to see more than 15 minutes before it starts, know where it is, and always allow for extra time when you are navigating through Paris. After walking into the wrong movie theater and demanding tickets for a show that wasn't playing there, we found the right one but were denied access because it had started 40 minutes before. We ended up finding a cute cafe nearby and waiting for the rest of the girls there until the movie was over. Although we didn't see the movie, the night wasn't a bust because we ended it with a shared Nutella crepe from our friend at the crepe stand down the street!