Welcome to NC part 3

Sunday Feb 3 The Arrival

I was really excited when I woke up on Sunday morning b/c Ben was on his way to Asheville!

He was still 6 hours away so I needed to kill some time. We headed over to the Paris Bakery…it is an authentic French bakery Peierre and Martha Lestieux own and manage the Paris Bakery. Pierre has worked as a pastry chef for over 25 years. The display case at the bakery was like a fat girl's heaven…éclairs, tarts, cookies and an assortment of croissants.

Max ordered a chocolate croissant and I had a plain croissant both were great. Best croissant I have ever had…hands down.

After breakfast I tired to find a playground so Max and I could have some play time outside but I couldn't locate one so we headed home and played Max favorite game Fast Car (this has nothing to do with the Tracy Chapman song)…we just push around Matchbox cars as fast as we can and then crash them…

After fast cars Max decided to paint while I read my book.

After Max created a master piece he took a long nap…and I talked to Ben he was about 3.5 hours away….ahhhh…just get here already.

o while Ben drove and Max slept I watched lots of Degrassi …I love that show…it goes there.

Ben finally arrived at around 3:30 PM and needless to say after much kissing and hugging and a couple of tears by me…I helped him settle in. (I miss Ben when he's away even for a couple of days)

Ben was hungry so the three of us headed downtown to get a bite to eat…we decided on the Old Europe Café a place Ben saw online and wanted to try…it was good…we sat outside to take in some of the streetmosphere.

All of a sudden two men and a relatively attractive woman came in and sat at the table next to ours…she was some kind of model and the guys began to taking pictures of her. I was so glad Max was being well behaved because I felt like at any minute he was going to scream "I don't want my picture taken."

The "model" had a little tiny dog which she said was uncomfortable on the ground so she asked the waitress to bring a pillow for the dog….Oh my goodness.. I was trying to get Ben to fall in love with Asheville he would never buy into this pillow for a dog crap…I looked around and thought wait were we just transported to L.A….

Ben just laughed and we finished our sandwiches and headed home. Max went to bed and Ben and I watched some TV before crashing.

Restaurant Review: based on a 4 * scale just the way Ben likes it

Old Europe Café

Ben

***

Ordered: Club Sandwich w/ potato salad

Comments: very fresh…nice atmosphere.

Maria

**1/2

Ordered: Chicken salad sandwich w/pasta salad

Comments: I love the pasta salad…would love to try this place for dinner the wine selection looks great.

Stay tuned for…

Bens Coffee Adventures in Asheville

as well as

Ben and Maria's trek of love