Lazy Day of Preparations
Bon Weekend, Weather here in Paris continues to amaze us but it did get quite warm yesterday, signs of hotter days to come into the summer. Still no rain after three weeks so the city is dusty and dirty. Shop owners work so hard to keep things clean…washing windows, sweeping and hosing down entrances, etc. […]
Another Day of Incredible Weather
Bonjour, What glorious weather we are enjoying!! Day after day of cloudless skies, nice breezes and temps hovering at or just under 80 degrees. It is exactly as we had hoped for compared to last year’s July/August scorcher. Yesterday required changing bed sheets again which is a project. I caved and Bernie took them to […]
Pleasant Weather Blesses Us
Today is D-Day and at the American cemetery in Normandy, French caretakers will have collected sand from Omaha Beach and rubbed it into the gravestones to highlight the names of the departed. They do this for all 9,388 soldiers who lay there.#DDay79 pic.twitter.com/dRrjG9MWQK — Michael Warburton (@MichaelWarbur17) June 6, 2023 Bonjour mes amis, My son […]
Still New Discoveries in Paris
Bonjour mes amis, After 19 years of coming to Paris, it’s always a pleasure to discover some new places, and that’s what we did yesterday along Boulevard Montmartre. (It is not in Montmartre) It is often referred to as one of the Grand Boulevards created by Haussmann at the direction of Napoleon III. This effort […]
Lazy Weekend in Paris
Bonjour, After running wide open for days, we finally crashed and have done little but sleep! Ten and eleven hours at a clip. We did not realize how tired we were and still like to pretend that we’re fifteen years younger than we are. Alas, it did catch up with us. I am still plagued […]
Slower Day Caps Off a Busy Paris Visit
Bonjour mes amis, We are almost to the end of a fantastic visit with Carson and Natalie. They brought perfect weather after our unseasonably cool, rainy May. Actually, not a cloud in the sky while they have been here. For this Alabama gal, weather like this brings out the best of Paris. Yesterday was a […]
5.3 Miles Amid History and Celebration
Bonjour, I’m an early riser so getting up at 9am tells you a lot! We had another marathon day yesterday and fell into bed after 11pm. (Natalie and Carson were out still prowling the Champs and Arc de Triomphe.) Between vertigo, snoring, late-night texts and too much caffeine, sleeping is at a premium. I always […]
Exploring the Left Bank of Paris
Bonjour, I’m off to a late start today! We are running wide open and it’s hard to find the time to get the blog out. Here’s our delightful day yesterday on the Left Bank or Rive Gauche. We had a very late lunch or breakfast about 2:30 as we all slept in from the marathon […]