A Christmas Eve Adventure...

Hello to you, Dear Friends!
Thank you for visiting with me here at The Tearoom on this lovely Christmas Eve,

Tonight, we take a special trip!  Victorienne has been such a good girl all year and so we have promised her a special Christmas trip!  Tonight, her Daddy and I take her on a special overnight trip by starship to Paris!

This is the photo her Daddy took of her just before

we left to go to the Aerodome by taxi.

Doesn't she look just adorable in her new

taffeta cape?

(Don't forget to click the pictures to see them a bit larger!)

We arrive at the Aerodome late at night to begin our journey...

Here is Victorienne, 

waiting patiently to begin her adventure!

As you can see, it has begun to snow...

When the time comes to go, 

her Daddy picks her up and carries her

as everyone boards the ship....

Her Daddy is so good to her and lets her have the window seat!

Thank you, Daddy!

The Starship Etoile is full of interesting people tonight!

Isn't it fun to see so many different people when you are travelling?

Of course this is the deluxe flight to Paris tonight,
so the dinner is catered by Dalloyau of Paris!

We start with these luscious amuse bouches,
Mini-Gaufres Salées

Artichoke with pepper sauce and black olive tapenade,

salmon gravlax with whipped cream and smoked salt,

chicken mousse and cream whipped with mushrooms,

all on mini waffle bites.

We then proceed to this,
as beautiful to the palate as it is to the eyes:

Charlotte de Homard et Asperges Vertes,

a delicate fennel mousse,

surrounded by tender asparagus and

topped with lobster.

And for dessert,
something absolutely fun,
but still pure Dalloyau style:

Sucettes de Saint-Honoré

(Saint-Honoré Pops!)

The classic dessert Saint-Honoré,

puff pastry, filled with cream chantilly,

topped with melted caramel,

now made in miniature form and

served on a stick!

And to drink?
Of course, there is champagne for the grown-ups!
And for the little ones, orange juice with a splash
of grenadine in the bottom to make it festive!

(Be sure and click the arrow to watch the film!)

How lovely that we get to see this vintage film during our flight!  Victorienne is entranced by the dancers!  She asks me, "Mommy, when we get to Paris, will you buy me some scarves like that so I can dance in the snow in the Luxembourg Garden?"  How can I tell her "No"?  I know it is something she will want to show her dance teacher when she returns home from her trip!

Even though she might be too excited to sleep, I manage

to convince Victorienne that she shouldn't miss getting to sleep

in the sleeping compartment!

I tell her what my mother used to tell me,

"You don't have to go to sleep, just close your eyes."

She's not the only one too excited to sleep.

Her Daddy and I sit up all night, 

looking out the window of the starship.

Paris is sleeping under a blanket of snow as we land...

Victorienne does not wake up as her Daddy carries her into the hotel

and we put her to sleep in a bed in our City of Dreams....

On Christmas Morning, we wake up in a beautiful hotel.

Outside, the snow is still falling...

Inside, it is a warm and happy Christmas Morning!

Victorienne begins her Christmas Day with

a big mug of hot chocolate in bed!

We venture out of our warm and cozy hotel room,
The Luxembourg Gardens are not far away,
and so, dressed in our warmest clothes, hats and gloves,
we leave our footprints
in the fluffy snow.

Wisely, Victorienne has decided that it would just be too cold

to dance in the snow in anything other than her 

new flowered coat and purple gloves and beret!

Thank you for joining us on our Christmas adventure!

We are wishing you all a Christmas Eve

 and Christmas Day filled with magic!

Images used in the collages for today's post from

Cemerony, Tumble Fish Studios, Itkupilli, 

The Graphics Fairy and

vintage postcards from my personal collection.