We started towards Notre Dame, and saw a souvenir shop to look at. And I spied an alley nearby that also had shops. After the shop we headed down the alley, which was full of shops and food! There must have been 5 gyro shops! And mom said "We should eat there for lunch." We wandered and touristed. I bought myself some t-shirts, got you a present Frank! And I bought a Paris bag to carry all my crap in.
We wandered around in a triangle-shaped area of alleyways, and came upon a Moroccan place. They weren't quite open, so we wandered more and decided to wait for them to open. They had kafta, which mom loves. So we come back and get a seat. They brought us some glasses of complimentary wine, and we ordered.
I got the chicken couscous and mom got the meatball couscous, which was kafta-like. And we watched the restaurant cat wander around and play with inanimate objects. Then our food arrived. There was a honking big bowl of fine grain couscous, and a huge soup tureen of, well, a soup. It had carrots, beans, turnips, and zuchini, and a beautiful orange broth. There were side condiments of chick peas, golden raisins, and some hot spice paste. They brought out a plate with a whole chicken breast and wing for me, and 3 big meatballs for mom. We didn't have plates, we had bowls, so we scooped up couscous and dug in. It was delicious! And the spice was really hot. We just had to use a little bit.
After stuffing ourselves, and leaving probably half the couscous, we traveled on. Our next stop was Notre Dame itself. It's free, because it's actually a church and still in use. It was beautiful! There was another section called the Treasury, that you could pay to see, but we didn't. After leaving Notre Dame, we went through a giant tent out front that was hosting the Bread Festival. It was people baking and selling bread and it smelled great. We were starting to look for a toilet at this point, but decided to catch our next bus and get to the Eiffel Tower.
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