Saturday, 22 February 2014

Just Desserts at Galeries Lafayette



After our tandoori meal at Little India in Paris, we thought we would enjoy having our desserts in the Parisian temple of upmarket shopping - the Galeries Lafayette. We have missed the soldes (sales)*, thank goodness, so there was really no shopping to be done, only to sit under the beautiful dome of the 10-storey building and have tea and macarons. And to marvel at the exquisite architectural details above our heads.


A little bit of history - this store in Boulevard Haussmann with its glass and steel dome and art nouveau staircases, was designed by Chedanne & Chanut and completed in 1912.


*Sales are state-regulated in France and generally run during two periods of the year - in summer around summer day (June/July) and after New Year's day in early January to mid February.

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