SATURDAY-Lina's

A lot of today was about people watching and the cafe scene. The city seemed filled with tourists today, mostly French and Italian. We rose late, had a leisurely breakfast and then were off for a walk, just looking around the Latin & Luxembourg districts.

We were feeling pretty peckish by about 2:30 and stopped into a little sandwich shop called Lina's. We enjoyed a bacon and turkey panini there and a couple desserts. I say bacon and turkey, because it was mostly bacon. The bacon was not very salty, but had a dark smokey flavor and a nice crunch. It was in a big wad in the middle and delicious!

We had a creme brulee that was a little disappointing. Not as smoothly creamy as the ones i'm used to that Jeri makes, and it had set in a cooler long enough the sugar crust had liquified. We had no trouble finishing it though.

There was also a very nice white chocolate tart with raspberries that was delicious. Very firm and thick, it was sort of like a candy bar with a crust. Coffee would have been a great pairing with this, but even asking for it to be delivered with the dessert, we didn't get it until after. They just don't do that here and it's hard to help them remember, so we just went with it.

Good stuff. Off to the Jardin du Luxembourg!