Hank Burger

Tucked away on Rue des Archives, the Marais, my friend Georgie and I found this little organic vegan burger restaurant, Hank (Have a Nice Karma), so we obviously had to give it a try.

It's really tiny, only fitting about 10 people at a time, but Georgie and I managed to get a table quite easily (I don't think the demand for vegan food in Paris is extremely high...), but they also do burgers to take away if you don't want to wait for a table.

All the food is organic and vegan, including the mayonnaise! Georgie had the 'L'allumé' burger, which was a veggie burger with roasted peppers and bbq sauce, whereas I had the 'Tata Monique', which had a tomato and basil sauce and black olives. And we both had chips :D Although this food is great because it's fresh, homemade and totally vegan (with a gluten-free bread option for the burger buns), it's not a typically healthy meal, especially with chips... BUT it's cheat day Sunday so we decided to treat ourselves, and it was so worth it.

I definitely recommend this to any vegans/veggies in Paris, or to anyone who wants to try out something a little different to a normal hamburger.

Happy Sunday everyone!

Let's Run Paris

Salut salut!

I've been wanting to join a running club for a while now, so I thought moving to a new city would be a great opportunity to join one as I obviously don't know the good running routes and it's a fun way to meet new people.

I found Let's Run Paris on meetup - a really good website where you can find so many different clubs..I'm going to investigate a yoga group soon.

I did my first run with Let's Run Paris last night. It was a 10k in the pouring rain which I know doesn't sound hugely appealing but it was great, the people were all really friendly and I got to see some pretty parts of Paris I hadn't been to before.

So, if you're in Paris (even if it's just for a week) and love to run, I really recommend joining. It's free and there are runs organised several times a week - you just have to look on the meetup site or join their Facebook group for details.

PARIS

I've moved to Paris!

This is a photo I took from the restaurant on the 6th floor of the Pompidou Centre - I definitely recommend dinner there - Amazing food and an amazing view, what could be better!?

My mum and I went to visit the Sacré Coeur in Montmartre. I couldn't believe how blue the sky was.. and the walk up to it was a great little work out!

...Just for ten months. I've been here almost a month now and am already in looove with this city. Before I came out here I was a little worried about how I would cope being a vegetarian - I've always found France to be the least veggie-friendly place. However, I don't know whether it's because Paris is a capital city and so has more of an international influence than other parts of France or whether it's because times have changed since I used to visit when I was little, but I've actually found that there is so much choice for vegetarians and also vegans when eating out.

So, I'm now making it my mission while I'm here to find as many health related / vegetarian and vegan friendly shops, restaurants, cafés and juice bars as I can to try and keep up a healthy lifestyle - with the occasional pain au chocolat or macaroon thrown in there...

I'm incredibly lucky to be living in le Marais, which is really central so everything is so easy to get to! Including this amazing fruit market just down the road from me which sells the most delicious fruit and veg ever - it all tastes 10 times better than the supermarket produce.

Such a smiley lady at the market!

For anyone visiting or living in Paris, this market is open on Saturdays from about 10am til 2pm and is really close to Hotel de Ville metro station.