parisians enjoy their festivals and expositions. i am enjoying participating in them. i recently enjoyed two, fete des vendenges and salon du chocolat.
fete des vendenges celebrates the different wine regions of france with a parade and tasting booths in montmartre. i was invited by my friend jason to join him and a few other friends to watch the parade and enjoy the festival. the parade was very small town in feeling. the participants represented different wineries and regions and were dressed in traditional garb (men in long robes with large hats or maidens with large bosoms in low cut blouses) while others wore crazy giant animal costumes. it was all very quaint. after the parade we headed towards the booths. some had wine for a taste, some had food. it was all packed with thousands of people. i took the photo of the steps of the sacre coeur as i was leaving. all those people were taking a break from the festival, while twice as many were still imbibing.
while i enjoyed fete des vendenges, i am not much of a wine connoisseur. chocolate, on the other hand, is my weakness. salon du chocolat was a convention of all things...well...chocolate. there were stacks of chocolate bars, macarons of all flavors (including chocolate, of course), chocolate fountains, chocolate covered everything and even a fashion show of chocolate garments. i went with my friend melissa along with a group of other expats. we had a wonderful, tiring and chocolate filled afternoon.
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