Friday, April 9, 2010

Fraser Suites Harmonie La Defense

Comfortably settled in a serviced apartment at La Defense, at the edge of Paris. Just a train stop / 15 mins walk away from a shopping mall with this huge supermarket called Auchan. How I love this place. Million and one types of foie gras, cheese, ham etc etc, even frozen escargots clams prawns and all! But no, I haven't started my cooking adventure yet. Sorry to disappoint. Haha. Planning to start this weekend with S. Patient k. ;)


In case you're wondering what I've been doing so far, I've been clocking many miles checking out the vicinities of potential apartments. Hard work! Looking for a place to stay can be such a headache. We have to balance factors such as: near station (be it tram or metro or RER), near shops, near Paris, near S' workplace, not too quiet, and not too old! Viewed one this morning and it looks promising. Am quite hopeful :D

Had some exciting food for dinner last night...

Oysters bought along the streets... 9€ for a dozen. And that's not the cheapest (!!) Prawn salad & terrine 7€, whole roasted chicken 10€, and wine 5€. Enough to make us happy :)
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5 comments:

  1. broomieApril 10, 2010 at 7:06 PM

    glad that u settled in so quickly! that looks like a very frenchy apartment. haha looking forward to your updates, and i still cant receive your msgs :(

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  2. juelinApril 10, 2010 at 11:23 PM

    HAHA yes auchan has lots of yummies. and the La Defense area is quite nice. it has some cool architecture. i miss paris already :( but glad you're settling in well. weather should be awesome now right!

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  3. hezApril 11, 2010 at 4:24 AM

    Jue: Hah yes, the al fresco places are rather packed these days as the Parisians try to soak in as much sun as they can! Sunny but still can get quite cold though.. Havent explored much yet since busy looking for house..

    Broomie: Nah not really that settled in yet but we've our eyes on an apartment already. Getting excited! Thank God bb's working again, get update u more often ;)

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  4. desireeApril 14, 2010 at 8:23 AM

    Hey! Hope everything's good over there? And send my regards to S!

    Your apartment looks.. not as messy as the one we shared in Melbourne, thankfully ^___~ And omg your posts about Yokohama/Tokyo totally made me wanna go back again!

    Oh, can't see from the pic, but have you set up/started using your wii fit yet?

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  5. hezApril 14, 2010 at 8:27 PM

    Heyhey! Nah my wii is in the shipping container that hasn't left Singapore yet! Darn. Only the wii fit board is with me. Haha.

    Yeah the place is quite comfy. But house hunting hasn't been going well. Sigh~ Quite low morale already..

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