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La Maison du Chocolat located at 5, rue du Cercle, Aéroport Roissy Charles de Gaulle Terminal 2F1, Zone sous douane, 95700 Roissy-en-France

We arrived at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport early ready to board our flight back home. After we proceeded through customs and x-rays, I saw that there were many boutiques and souvenir shops. Typical of Paris, France, there was also a Ladurée shop! Even though I had tried my first French macarons from there already, I still wandered into the shop to peek around. 🙂 Across from it though, there was a La Maison du Chocolat that also had displays of chocolate and macarons! Continue reading →

La Place (Paris, France)

La Place located at 194 Avenue de Choisy 75013 Paris, France

For our final meal in Paris, France before we flew out the next day, we dined at a truly authentic French restaurant called La Place, on recommendation from the tour guide.

We quickly went in since our free time for dinner was limited (we had a guided city tour scheduled later that night around the city). La Place had a dining lounge both inside and outside where their glassed-in outdoor patio was divided into a smoking and non-smoking section. Continue reading →

Weekly Photo Challenge: Fun!

Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. April 2016

On our last full day in Paris, we visited the Arc de Triomphe. A visit to this famous monument wouldn’t be complete without a jumping photo. What made it even more fun was that we all did it together and the tour guide joined in too! Looking at each screen of this photo that led to the pinnacle of this jumping photo made me smile because this was so fun. Continue reading →

Europe 2016 ~ Day 7: Brussels, Belgium

Manneken Pis fountain in Brussels, Belgium

Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Day 7 Amsterdam – Brussels – Paris.

Today was a great day.

Breakfast for the second morning in a row at the Hampton Hotels continental breakfast lounge. Continue reading →

Toronto Trillium Lions Club: 6th Annual Shoreline Cleanup at Cherry Beach

Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup at Cherry Beach in Toronto

August 2016 cleanup at Cherry Beach located at 1 Cherry Street in Toronto

It’s that time of the year again! Another chance to clean up the Canadian shoreline! 🙂 Cleanups should be done regularly throughout the year so that there is less litter buildup and so that we can ensure that the wildlife doesn’t ingest any when mistaking it for garbage as well as preventing as much of it as we can from entering our waterways… but I digress. 😛 Continue reading →