We returned to the Montmartre Wine Festival today and there were at least twice as many people there as yesterday. Today we tried snails from Bourgogne - our first snails on this trip.
We also had hot chocolate made in the old fashioned way, presumably in this elaborate copper contraption, but I'm a little skeptical.
Then we had ham served with french fries and grilled onions. They were slicing the ham off of these hams roasted on spits and it was delicious. The fries were freshly cut.
After eating we found a place from which we could watch the parade. It was less regimented than a parade in the United States. Some of the spectators were joining in and marching along with the official participants. There were many groups of marchers representing regions of France and wearing traditional costumes. There were groups who sang and groups who danced. It was very colorful and enjoyable. I usually am not a fan of parades because I'm too short to really see well, but this was fun.
We went to Montmartre today to get information about next week-end's wine harvest festival. On our way we saw this apartment building with naves for statues on the top three stories.
When we stopped for lunch, Bill had a Gascon salad (which included lots of fried potatoes) and I had filet of beef Rossini. It had a slice of paté on top of the beef and came with au gratin potatoes and haricot verts (thin green beans). 
Since we hadn't had dessert in several days (Please don't re-read yesterday's post) we stopped by a pastry shop on the way home and bought some pastries. The one in the back is called a religieuse because supposedly it resembles a nun. The chocolate pastry is called a Napolitain. It's filled with chocolate mousse, nuts, and something else I can't identify. I thought the tart was a fig tart, but the clerk said it was a quetsche tart. I've been seeing these in other patisseries and after some online research have discovered that "quetsche" is the Alsatian word for a purple plum. They were all delicious. 
