Dec. 2, 2024
Today we headed to La Défense Christmas Market, which is Paris’ largest Christmas Market and set under the Grande Arche de la Défense.
(After seeing Christmas Markets in Berlin and Vienna, I can honestly say that I’ve seen bigger. But, we still enjoyed ourselves. … Correction: If Brad asks – we had minimal fun.)
The vin chaud (mulled wine) probably helped:
There were chachkies to be had – everything from jewelry and tajines to olive wood cutting boards and miniature figurines:
However, the bulk of the booths were selling food. There was every thing from cheese stalls and cured meats booths to vendors selling nougat or macarons:
However, our interest was the street food. I ended up with a doner kebab, and Steve ended up with tartiflette (a dish of potatoes, cheese and bacon):
The booth selling tartiflette also had raclette, which is melted cheese (of a wheel) and scrapped into a baguette:
The best part is that when the wheel of cheese is too small for raclettes – they cut it up and chuck it into the vat of tartiflette.
Obviously, we have to go back, so I can get a raclette. I’ll let you know how it works out.
All our love,
Tara (and Steve)
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