(Katherine) After having said goodbye to the May family just the day prior, we were fortunate to be greeting yet another set of visitors today! One of my college girlfriends, Erika, was arriving with her husband, Mark, and they would be staying close to us in Pigalle. We met up at a café in Montmartre called Lete en Pente Douce and spent some time just catching up on the past year. We then walked around Sacré Coeur and Place de Terte until they needed to head home for a nap - they had been up nearly all night in preparation for their trip to Paris. We parted ways and Robert and I found a cute neighborhood bar for a glass of wine called Proibido which appeared to specialize in really cool Batman art all over the walls.
Later that evening, Erika and Mark stopped by the apartment and we all walked together to a neighborhood about 45 minutes east to an area where Mark had lived many years ago. He took us to one of his favorite restaurants, Chez Papa, which specializes in Southern French cuisine. I had an amazing salad loaded with potatoes, bacon, and topped with a fried egg while Robert dined on duck. Mark also introduced us to a couple of new French beverages, one of which included caramelizing a sugar cube. The meal was absolutely delicious, but so heavy that it pretty much put us to sleep by the end - we definitely snoozed soundly that night.
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