We spent most of the day suffering the revenge of the fun we had the night before. I think we finally woke up somewhere around 2 or 3pm only to shower, eat, and go back to sleep. My knight in shining armor did go out to try to find us some greasy food to ease our pain. Unfortunately the city of Paris was dead on New Year's Day and everything around us was closed except for good ol' Mickey D's. The line was out the door since that was the only thing open. Apparently we weren't the only people in Paris hung over and looking for food. We ate our fries and went back to bed in an attempt to sleep off the hangover. We had made a reservation a couple nights before for the restaurant Roger la Grenouille, which was recommended to us by Mike's coworker . This was to be our celebratory New Year's Day dinner and we really didn't want to miss it. So we eventually pulled ourselves out of bed, hopped onto the metro, and went to dinner. The restaurant was AMAZING. It was tucked away somewhere off Rue Rivoli and was literally a hole in the wall place that we would have never found if we weren't specifically looking for it. There were statues of frogs out front and we quickly realized what their specialty was. Inside, the restaurant was decorated in a rustic/old world French vibe with wonderful ambiance. Chandeliers hung from the ceiling with eclectic objects hanging from them such as vintage coffee grinders, ceramic jugs, and kitchen funnels. The servers and bussers were all dressed in suits but didn't seem to mind that we were dressed in our jeans and sweaters (as were the rest of the guests). Despite the obvious frog theme throughout the restaurant we opted not to have the frog legs. Instead Marcus ordered a prime cut steak and I ordered seabass. It was one of the best meals I've ever had, hands down. Something to remember next time we come to Paris (or maybe anywhere in Europe, I'm not sure): If you like your steak rare, order it medium well; if you like you're steak medium well, order it in America.
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