If you’ve never been to Le Bon Marche it is worth a visit just to the food section. It’s sort of like a food mecca, like the food section in Harrod’s in London. There were so many things to try and so little understanding of what things were. Regardless, I went a little crazy and did some serious sampling. Crab meat with dill wrapped with smoke salmon and a glob of caviar, duck and arugula crepe, prosciutto di San Danielli, goat cheese, baghuette, fava beans lightly sauteed in butter and vinegar, and a pear. All excellent.

We ate our little feast in Luxembourg Gardens, which after finding, was a wonderful place for a picnic. It was also sunny and nice and people were playing tennis and chess and relaxing in the sun. Or in my case, entering a food coma in the sun.