Gelato on Ile Saint-Louis and au revoir Paris

While Berthillon usually gets all the hype when it comes to ice cream in Paris, we discovered Amorino’s gelateria on rue Saint-Louis en l’ile some years ago. It had been a LONG time since we enjoyed their naturally made creamy goodness so on a lovely early summer day with just the right feel in the air it was time. Gelato here we come!

Believe it or not, this was our first strolling-around-let’s-get ice cream/gelato experience on this entire trip, save for some lemon sorbet I had enjoyed with a meal in Stockholm (and I kind of remember a small bit of ice cream with one of the rare desserts we ordered somewhere along the line). Steve, being the ice cream maven, was more than ready.

Amorino has a number of locations around Paris and beyond, so it’s easy to find no matter where you are in the city.

Classic cups

We each went for the smallish “classic” cup size. They allow you to choose as many flavors as you want, all of which go into this cup (or cone if that’s your thing). You can add a macaron on top if you like. We chose three flavors each, sans macaron: I had fruit de la passion, noix de coco et pistache; Steve chose stracciatella (chocolate chip - his favorite from our Italy days), caramel and inimitable, a chocolate hazelnut wonder. Mmmmm!

Lots of flavors to choose from

We sat in the shade at a small table with bar type stools and thoroughly enjoyed our treats. Gotta love it!

Our last few days in Paris gave us a great visual of the moon as it was approaching full status. Below it’s just over half full in the waning evening light after the sun has gone down.

A half moon lit sky

On our last night it was approaching full - I was up about 1 am and shot this one.

Getting close!

News flash - we are now home in Michigan after a wonderful adventure for the past 2 months. We couldn’t even begin to comprehend how much we’d be able to see and experience, both in places we had never visited as well as Paris, familiar as an old shoe.

We’re settling back in and looking forward to a quiet summer of calm, simplicity and of course a little bit of baking here and there - and let’s not forget homemade ice cream. Steve will be so happy.

Take care until next time.