This morning we walked to the Musee de la Sculpture en Plein Air, an open air sculpture garden, to enjoy some art that the girls were actually encouraged to touch. We also found a playground there within the Jardin Tino Rossi where we had our lunch and had a scamper. The girls were promised ice cream from a well-known and well-loved glaciere - Berthillon but it was closed when we arrived. An enterprising and may I say opportunistic shop owner a few doors down was open and selling Berthillion-brand ice cream cones at a slight mark-up. I'm sure she only does this during high-season on the days it is closed but, either way, she saved our bacon today! You promise ice cream - you'd better deliver ice cream or risk a mutiny on the USS Humvee.
After an afternoon of admin, we got ready for our meal at Alain Ducasse - this is a three-Michelin-starred restaurant that Jack has been looking forward to going to since we were denyed a reservation 11 years ago, shortly after it opened. In the interim, they have switched to a more california-style ingredient-focused cusine and might we say, have suffered for it. There were a few highlights including the spring vegetable soup and our first ever taste of frogs legs ... and they really do taste like chicken ... but, on the main, it was average.
Give me The French Laundry over this place any day. It was a long time to wait and a lot of euros to pay to leave disappointed! Merde!
Here are a few shots of our outing this morning and our haute adventure tonight ...
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