Wham, Bam, Thank you, Ma'am

Last two days in Paris. I have a lot of running around with the family to do before I return to my native land. Mom and Alice have been here since Sunday; Dad and Bea arrived on Tuesday. It's nice to have my family over here, even if my place is way too small to comfortably accommodate five people. But I'm super-glad they're here. We haven't taken a vacation in awhile, and after four months alone, it's refreshing to have so many people I care about around, even if it means I (or someone else) has to do dishes every two hours. I also got to watch my father and sisters devour half a jar of Nutella in about 20 minutes. Which was truly breath-taking.

Christmas was pretty awesome. We had a great dinner at Café du Commerce, which is one of my favorite restaurants in Paris. I've eaten there at least once each time I've visited. The only downside was that they were out of crème brûlée when it came time order dessert (and I think the waiter was slightly mocking me when I tried to clarify what he was saying). I'd been looking forward to a Café du Commerce crème brûlée since I got here, so you can imagine I was a tad disappointed. But dinner itself was delicious. We took Chloe out with us, and it didn't seem like the experience was too painful—always a positive.