first class looks nice, but hard to justify the price they want

this was more than good enough :)

I didn't have much time to get out, but still did a bit, the highlight was the Xmas market at la Défense:

cold, but beautiful day

yum!

my favorite, seared foie gras sandwich

double yum!

beautiful bottles

the bad news is the elevator to the top is now closed forever, bit downer :(

Beautiful sunset, selfie time!

A few more pictures of the beautiful weather and sky:

On Jan 2nd, it was time to go shopping:

that was yummy

chocolate dessert refill!

and my favorite, blood orange juice

heaven

just a few :)

this should do nicely :)

In the afternoon, a few hours to go in Paris:

Finally got to see Legay shock bakery:

The 1st arrondissement and nearby stores are always fun to visit:

Notre Dame was finally re-opened after many years to repair all the fire damage, although it still had scaffolding outside. Unsurprisingly, there was a ridiculous line (looked like maybe 2H) to get in, in the 'no reserved slot' line as well as the other line for people who had reserved slots (making them kin dof useless). It would have been nice to go back in, but I've been many times and it wasn't worth the wait:

the line in question

That evening, went to Jardin des Plantes

More bakeries :)

On another day, I happened to be close to a famous cemetary I had never seen before:

famous french people

Jean Paul Sartre et Simone de Beauvoir

Lunch with friends/schoolmates:

I tried to go find the Xmas tree at Printemps, but they were already tearing it down, got there too late :(

And that was it for 2024-2025!