Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Harvest Festival



The Harvest Festival, which celebrates the harvest of the last, tiny vineyard still in Paris, was too amazing to squish it in with another blog post. This year, the festival took place during one of the most beautiful weekends we've seen since we moved here. Since Peter was at school, (yes, on a Saturday!) and Dad was in Amsterdam, Mom and I headed up to Montmartre to check out the festival. It was centered around celebrating the various regions of France, each with its own food and wine specialties, music and culture. Below are our favorite photos from this experience.

Sacre Coeur, the magnificent church in Montmartre, where the festival was held.

Starting the day off right...


Mom tried her first escargot and liked it! (well, sort of)



Regional Specialties



The duck sandwich with fois gras butter we shared for lunch.


How about just a little taste of tartiflette or chilli? (Seeing chilli in France? That was a first.)

The view from up high.


Back down the hill, full, satisfied and ready for a nap.

1 comment:

  1. That looks like so much fun! I had no idea Paris has a little vineyard- and of course it was in Montmartre! So amazing

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