some of my pictures from notre dame.

                

                     

We stopped for a pain au chocolat at a bakery named Paul before reaching Notre Dame. As it turns out, Paul is actually a quite well known bakery in Paris.

You can read the wikipedia page here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_(bakery)

or simply read some highlights here :)

-Bakery from 1889 (A lot of time to perfect their treats)

-436 stores total (The one we stopped at turned out to be one of the more famous stores in Paris. There are a few near the subways and metros and in the stations-but I wouldn't recommend because they aren't as freshly made and there's a lot less options)

Another thing I've learned while living in Paris, is that although there are shops and bakeries in the metro station.. doesn't mean you should stop at them. Helene, our CEA helper, told us that the bakeries and groceries bring in their goods from trucks and buses that probably aren't the cleanest and that the smell of the bakery isn't actually the smell of the bakery. The workers have a spray they use in order to portray the idea and sense of a working bakery, when in fact, its quite the opposite. It definitely seems less appetizing now.