La Hamman

Quick update!

Culture:
Heard abou La Dame aux Camélias, a beautiful ballet at the Palais Garnier from a few girls and decided to go. As the show had been sold out, we arrived early the day of and crossed our fingers for rush tickets. After a little nervous fidgeting and praying we arrived to the window, greeted by a somewhat surly older woman who informed us that only seats left were horrible. We decided that 7 euros would be worth seeing even half the stage and found ourselves in a little alcove, reminisce of a bat-cave, at the TOP of the theatre. Turns out we had fairly good view if you leaned on the balcony just right, and didn't mind the occasional person accidentally wandering in to see what could possibly be in such a small hideaway. Overall an amazing piece, although admittedly Angela and I were a little lost for part of it, and had to google to get the whole story, turns out that Moulin Rouge is roughly based on the ballet based on a play.

Eating:
Roomie and I did some shopping around Mouffetard today (I accidentally bought a candle when I meant to purchase perfume, luckily the woman was really nice and let me exchange), and decided to eat at the nearby Mosquée de Paris. Its a true Mosque used for religious services, I'm pretty sure, with a restaurant-tea house. The atmosphere was lively and warm, with birds flying in and out of the windows, which were covered with rouge silk curtains. Felt as if you were far east of paris. All in all, while more on the pricey end, it was yummy, or as Ana puts it nyum nyum. ; )

before and after shots of the table

hugs!