On Wednesday, April 20 we had a food tour scheduled in Montmartre with Chef PJ, a local chef and food tour guide. He took us to a boulangerie (bread), fromagèrie (cheese), the meat shop, wine shop and the fruit & vegetable market, teaching is how to determine the best shops and finest foods and that it best to buy seasonally for the highest quality and best prices.

We then went to Chef PJ’s restaurant, where we had 4 wines, escargot, breads, cheeses and Beef Bourguignon.

After all that food he took us to a chocolate shop, where we were each given 2 macarons and 2 pieces of chocolate of our choice, then we went to a crêperie, where we each got a crepe and champagne. This tour that started at 11:00 and was supposed to be finished at 3:00 didn’t actually finish until 5:00. We had a great time. Chef PJ was knowledgeable, personable and funny.

After we left there we met up with a bunch of people that are members of a group I belong to. I’ve seen some of them on Zoom, but the only one I know in real life is Sharyn. It was fun chatting with them and our common love of Paris. There’s another meetup tomorrow of a different group I belong to. We will see if there’s time for that. It depends on what we do tomorrow.