I probably shouldn’t have eaten the absolutely delicious but loaded with dairy eclair. And the enormous meal last night…
The day started okay. Lazed about in bed for a bit, wrote a blog post and eventually got up to go visit the Maison Européenne de la Photographie before the day got too hot. It didn’t work. The day got really hot really quickly.
As we were walking back to the hotel, I started to feel sick. At first I thought it was me reacting to the heat – which I really wasn’t prepared for. But then my stomach started hurting like it did when I first developed listeria poisoning two weeks before the wedding. (Yes, you too can lose 2.5kg in a week! All you need to do is eat something tainted with listeria and enjoy a trip to hospital where they pump you full of 2ltr of IV fluid cos you’re so dehydrated you can barely stand!) Cue internal panic! We made it back to the hotel at about 2pm and I crawled into bed. Where I stayed until about 9pm.
Yes, I know. I shouldn’t be sleeping that much during the day but I was utterly exhausted and feeling very poorly. I definitely over-did the food. I had trouble on the flight over after eating a spicy chicken pastry on the flight to KL and the Malaysia Airline lounge at KL was dosed with a very sickly sweet fragrance whilst being what I felt was unpleasantly warm. Not a good combination for someone with a grumbly belly who was already feeling sick. It wasn’t a good lay-over and I was really glad to get back on the plane were at least it there was air conditioning.
I felt okay yesterday. The baguette I had for lunch was exactly what I needed – simple food with lots of flavour. The dinner last night was extraordinary but I probably over-did it and I did order an entree that was raw fish (some of the most delicious tuna I’ve ever eaten). I don’t regret the experience but I probably shouldn’t have eaten so much.
Same with the vanilla eclair. So delicious! But I definitely shouldn’t have eaten it. My body was already taxed with the long flight and if I’m honest, I still haven’t fully recovered from the listeria poisoning. It’s also been a stressful couple of weeks with the wedding and all.
It has been a stressful few weeks (whilst also being exciting). I wasn’t sleeping so well before the wedding and I guess I’m a bit emotionally drained. Which is coming out as physical tiredness. But isn’t that the point of a honeymoon? To recover from the stress of organising a wedding? It’s just a pity mine decided to come out as it did, ruining a day in Paris. After my massive afternoon nap, the nausea has gone away and I can feel my eyes getting heavy so more sleep is on the cards.
So I’m thinking a good night’s sleep, easy on the dairy, no more raw fish and she’ll be apples 🙂