Bonjour, Yesterday was a regular, uneventful day in Paris with few opportunities for pictures, I’m afraid. It is a perpetual 48-52 degrees with rain both day and night, and more rain is in the forecast all weekend unfortunately. This is our second fall trip, and this one has been much more of a weather struggle […]
Bonjour, Tuesday was a no-photo day for us as it was laundry day. I know that sounds crazy but a load of laundry takes just under two hours, and if you have 3 or 4 loads, you do the math. Then there’s the trek up the street to a dryer (our lavamatic is still closed […]
Bonjour, Yesterday brought beautiful sunshine to a chilly Paris day which never got much above 50 degrees. The sun brought light and a bounce to my step, and we were off for one of our lazy strolls through the 16th arrondissement where Bernie lived as a child around Place Victor Hugo. Bernie was born in […]
Bonjour mes amis, Saturday, it was beautiful and a sunny 70 degrees in Paris; Sunday, it was rainy and 48 degrees! It was a good time to rest and relax but also get a little cabin fever. Thus we spent our day in the apartment until mid-afternoon when we had plans to link up with […]
Bonjour, Our Saturday was the best weather day we’ve had in Paris since the day we arrived… right at 70 degrees, sunny, slight breeze, wispy clouds. The whole world came out to celebrate and enjoy the ambiance of fall at its best. Cold and rain are expected here today, and we lost an hour last […]
Bonjour mes amis, Imagine waking up early in London, catching a train across (or should I say under) the English Channel, and rushing off to a lunch rendezvous with a couple you met three years ago by chance at a tearoom in Paris. Wow! That was our day yesterday as we joined Malcolm and Antonia […]
Bonjour, You may know that Paris is divided into twenty sections or arrondissements, each with its own mayor who answer to the overall Mayor of Paris, who by the way is female. We are in the Fourth, part of the Marais. The areas look like a snail on a map, moving in circular clock-wise rotation […]
Bonjour, Yesterday was such a pleasant slow day for us which eventually produced autumn blue skies. As always, I’m the day planner, and we decided to metro over to rue Cler, a mostly pedestrian shopping street, for a leisurely lunch at Le Petit Cler, a great little cafe. We’ve often commented that this would be a […]
Bonjour mes amis, Our apartment is quiet, the days are very cool, and the skies have been gray. However, the forecast is looking much better for the upcoming week with sun. Just like at home, this can mean absolutely nothing, but we can always hope. Our chores are all done, but we’re distressed to discover […]
Bon weekend! After a rainy Sunday morning at the Bastille market, we said our farewell to Paula and Tim following a warm, dry lunch! They have an afternoon of packing and details regarding cab and plane departures and plan to be in bed by 6pm this evening. They have a very early morning. And I’m […]