
Looking for Cool and Finally Getting It
Bonjour, I haven’t made many award-winning posts in the last few days because of the heat. There has been nowhere much to hide except in the meat market at the Monoprix! Yesterday was another miserably hot day until about 6pm when the temperature suddenly without a storm or any rain dropped 20 degrees in an […]

An Unforgettable Evening at Le Lido in Paris
Bonjour mes amis, The days have been hot and tough! But I guess you could say we are tougher or dumber, whatever the case may be. We seem to have made it through the worst (I hope). Sleep is the hardest. Many have suggested an air-conditioned hotel room and one friend even found a close […]

Hot Sluggish Day not Great for Interesting Posts
Bonjour I must apologize that there is not much to post about from yesterday. We were almost too hot to move, much less to get any sleep. It is predicted to be 100 degrees today in Paris, the hottest ever for us after 22 years. Folks who say the climate isn’t warming should come over […]

Hot, Busy and Boisterous Saturday in Paris
Bonjour, Saturdays are incredibly busy in Paris especially in our area of the Marais. It’s a working class neighborhood which means that shopping and other chores are done on that day. The streets are already flooded with residents and then you add tourists on top of that and you’ve got pretty much a madhouse. We […]

Last Day with Cousins
Bonjour mes amis, Twenty-two years ago, I was retired and struggling with loneliness, wondering where my life was headed. I was 56 years old. The golf course was my respite along with some of you who are close friends. Then a lady named Jan Smith introduced me to Bernie (his former boss) and a whole […]

A Very Hot But Enjoyable Day with Cousins
Bonjour, Our day began early with an outing to a lesser known museum in Paris, the Guimet. We have been here before, but today was a special exhibit on bronze statutes from Cambodia. Bernie served in that area years ago and this was especially of interest to him. Though he never saw Angkor Watt because […]

Bienvenue à Paris
Bonjour, We welcomed Bernie’s cousins yesterday, Pierre & Laurie, who arrived by train at Gare de Lyon. What began as a nice cool day ended up very hot in the upper 80’s. I had a great shot of them coming down the voie or track. A man jumped right in front of my camera at […]

Closing the Window and Turning Off the Fan!
Bonjour, Let’s all laugh together, shall we? It was 60 degrees this morning when we walked into the kitchen. Bernie immediately closed the big window to our courtyard and switched off the oscillating fan! What a wonderful, cool, breezy day we had yesterday. So pleasant to be out walking around. We even went for a […]