From Feast to Famine with Paris Photos
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 […]
Le Salon Du Chocolat: A Plethora of Eye Candy!
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 […]
Weather in Paris is Always the Key Game Changer
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 […]
The Sunday Weather Challenge in Paris Amid New Friends
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 […]
Almost Summer-Like Saturday in Paris
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 […]
A Day of Special Friendship in Paris
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 […]
Strolling in the Fifteenth Arrondissement of Paris
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 […]
Strolling for Autumn Color in a Crisp, Cool Paris
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 […]