Day 11: Monsieur Tete de Veau

We headed straight into the city and to Musee d'Orsay, a famous converted rail station and home to many Impressionist paintings among other things. Certainly the crowds were out, perhaps more than usual as we later learned that several of the other museums were closed on Tuesdays, likely funneling a lot of traffic to Orsay. But we enjoyed our time there and then headed to a favorite tea room of Phil's called Angelina. We had some lovely food such as tart d'onion and finished it off with some masterful pasteries.  Sadly, Amelia and Jonathan who were trying to take a shorter walk to the restaurant to spare her the walking ended up mixing signals and taking a extra long route.

A group of us headed from there to  Arc de Triomphe and Champs Elysees. Then we all had a rest before heading to another of Phil's favorite restaurants "Bistro de la Port d'Oree." Here we received a magnificent French meal with multiple courses and elaborate dishes. The menu featured many curiosities such as Tete de Veau which literally means veal head and I think is known in the U.S. as head cheese. Phillip, being ever the adventurous eater, ordered and gobbled down the Tete de Veau, much to the shock of the wait staff and the rest of us. The head waiter was very impressed with this adventuresome American teen and labeled him "Monsieur Tete de Veau." A long walk back to Neal and Janie's helped a little with digesting the feast.