La Fine Mousse & La Cerise sur la Pizza

After having a few beers in Montmarte, my friends and I decided to try a different beer bar by the name of La Fine Mousse. We caught the trusty line @ to Menilmontant and it was just a very short stroll down the street.

La Fine Mousse is a really nice polished beer bar, nestled in a quite leafy street. When we arrived there were just 2 others in the bar and after just finishing off a delightful cider, the bar was full! I and definitely know why! I only had the cider but it was amazing and when I mentioned to another friend that we went to a beer bar near her place she quickly replied that I should have phoned her to get the name of a great place, which turned out to be the same one. Ill definitely be heading back to this here soon!

After our drinks we were quite peckish and headed to La Cerise sur la Pizza. I've been to this pizzeria before and its really, really nice. Perfect toppings and I think a good price. We got a salad this time too which hit the nail on the head.

If you're looking for something to do one afternoon, id strongly recommend heading to this combo of places... and Id definitely order the pizza with goat cheese, creme fraiche, rocket and honey. Its.to.die.for.

Enjoy!


La Fine Mousse
6 Avenue Jean Aicard, 
75011 Paris, France

La Cerise sur la Pizza
96 Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 
75011 Paris, France

People's drugstore (the best beer shop in town)

Who loves beer? Well I love beer and most people I know love beer, and if not.. They seem to adore cider.

Yesterday, on one of the three days off I had this week (thanks French system) some friends and I decided to go and scout some drinking places to take their parents when they arrive tomorrow. I remembered an article I read once about a beer shop in Montmartre that I have been wanting to try, so off we went to a petite little store selling only beer and a few ciders. There are literally hundreds of beers on display with the majority coming from Belgium it seemed, but a couple of goodies from Australia, among other places also.

I wandered around and had a look at what was on offer before settling for a beer from Delirium brewery in Belgium. It was lovely, and I had been wanting to try it since I went to Brussels and didn't. Second up I had a beer called triple hop or something, and gosh, it was a strong one at 9.5%.

Both beers were chilled to optimum beer drinking coolness in their nifty machines instore and both were consumed quickly in the roped off rue outside. If you love chess you can also grab a board and set up shop to check mate the afternoon away with a huge selection of beers at your finger tips! The regular size beers are all 3€ and the large come in at 6€, both prices exceptionally cheap for Paris!

Bonnie biere!

78 rue des martyrs
75018
Paris

Happy Blogging Birthday

Happy Birthday to this little blog. It's turning 2 today, would you believe!

As the beginning of all my recent past posts have gone, its been a while since I blogged last. Lots is going on atm, still at my job which is no longer 'new' anymore, but still as exciting as when I started it, which I think is definitely a good thing!

After Valencia last month I headed west to the grand motherland Ireland for a great friend from Sydney's wedding. Had a great time hanging with all the Irish who really are the most friendly clan in town, aren't they?

After returning back to Paris I spent a few days here before it was back to Spain for some much needed sunshine. Read: Rain for every solitary hour that I was there. None the less, I got to spend time with my beloved Flarme as well as catch up with some old friends from home who have been living there for a while.

Back to Paris and this freaky weather. Is it hot, is it cold? is it raining or is there sun? I cant keep up! Today marks the last day of work before a 5 day break, gotta love the French system. I plan to bar hop tomorrow and also try to dramatically downsize my wardrobe and other general crap in the lead up to my apartment move in a couple of weeks! To where? Who knows! Im still on the dreaded search for the perfect abode.

Happy Birthday Lize in Paris! Another 2 years will fly by I'm sure...

Valencia

For Easter weekend this year, a friend and i decided to skip the antics of Paris and head south for Valencia. in desperate need of warmth, vitamin D and large gin and tonics that didn't cost an arm, leg and other leg, we hopped on the 9pm flight after work on Friday, of course France doesn't follow suit and give that day as a public holiday also, and were walking into our 5 star hotel a little before midnight.

Whilst I'd like to spend every holiday I have in a 5 star hotel, this sadly isn't the case.. whilst we were looking at flights though I came across this place with a whopping 800 euros off, bargain!

Saturday we arose early for a Spanish croissant, (sometimes better then French ones) and an OJ and then hit the shops. And by hit, we hit them hard. Bimba y Lola, Unterque, Zara, Mango, Massimo Dutti, Intimissi, Sfera, Sephora and many many more. To say we did some sightseeing would simply be a lie. We got a taxi back to the shops after our Easter meal on the beach in Valencia at a famous Paella resto recommended by a Spanish colleague of mine, Le Pepica, which didn't disappoint. We went for Lobster Paella, when in Rome, right? In the Taxi ride back we managed to snap some shots of Valencia's top sights... but that's about it. Tbh, we were there to shop for Summer and drink g&t's. And that we did :)

Next stop, Barcelona in 2 weeks! Hurrah!