Bercy Village

Our hotel is in the 12th arrondisement, in an area called Bercy Village.  Trip Advisor says it's mainly a business hotel, which is fine with me.  It has a restaurant and free wifi.  The area nearby has cafes and shops, and more hotels.  Overall, it has a nice feel.  The main part is getting used to the schedule.  Restaurants don't open until noon, and generally stay open later at night.  If you want a Coke (with sugar! no HFCS) it's about 4 euros.  We managed to find a meal that included drinks, for lunch.  Then we passed out at the hotel for way too long, and had supper at the hotel. 

Lunch was a grilled chicken breast, with french fries and a coke, for about 13 euros.  That really was about the cheapest we could find!  The server asked us which meat, then asked if we wanted green beans, salad, or fries.  We said fries.  Then she asked what sauce: Bearnaise, pepper, or barbeque.  We thought she meant for the fries, but that was for the chicken.  We finally got that figured out.

On our trip back we found a little shop selling Thai and Vietnamese dishes!  We bought some drinks then headed back.  A Tabac store had phone cards and candy bars: dark Mars, lion bars, and bounty bars.  Huzzah.

Dinner was pretty good.  We got a meal combo, which was a tuna nicoise salad and burger-steak with salad and green beans.  They really seem to love green beans, because that was an option at lunch.  And they were good!  Fresh, not canned.  Also, that nicoise salad was huge!  That was an entire meal.  I've got photos of dinner that I'll post.  Frank - you'll love the salad.  Real lettuce, tuna, sardines, olives, tomatoes that tasted like tomatoes! 

After dinner (at 10pm) we strolled around, scoping out the area.  Then we headed back so I could blog and we both needed a shower after the hot plane ride.  More tomorrow!