Much to our delight, Robert’s family had decided to alter their summer vacation to include a trip through Paris to visit us! They had been in Italy for several days prior, and flew over to France for the conclusion of their journey. We met them at the Hotel Brighton, just across the street from the Louvre. We had a lovely stroll down along to the Champs-Élysées while chatting and catching up on the past 3 months since we left the states. We brought them to a place that had come highly recommended by some locals - le Relais de l’Entrecôte. The menu is essentially just steak and fries which are served en mass to the patrons. Apparently it’s a rather famous establishment, and although they were offered $30M to sell their space, they refused much to the delight of many Parisians.
After dinner we took a stroll along the Seine River towards the hotel to help work off our delicious dinner. We said goodnight to Robert’s father and stepmother, Richard and Barbara, and ventured out to the Latin Quarter with his younger half-siblings, Mike and Jenny. We first stopped in at the piano bar we had visited on our first night in town, Le Relais de la Hachette. But given there was no piano player that night we moved on to another venue that was just beyond the touristy section, Aux Trois Mailletz. We sat outside and enjoyed some wine while catching up, but then put the siblings in a cab once it got a little late. Robert and I decided to go back for a nightcap, and quickly learned that the atmosphere inside the bar was a TRUE piano bar. A dozen people were gathered around the piano all singing away to classic American tunes. One woman in particular really dominated the “stage” and made for some great entertainment. We agreed that we would definitely return to this venue soon!
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