My little corner of the World Wide Web: Friday in Paris

I just couldn't do a gallery today.

I know that's bad news because it's Friday, and getting into a gallery on Saturday or Sunday just isn't going to happen, but I was sort of on overload after yesterday, and thought I'd like to do something else. I wanted to do a few of the touristy things that we haven't done for years, specifically go up the Eiffel Tower and visit Versailles. Today continued cloudy, though, so it sort of put the kibosh on something like that.

Initially, we were going to head out to the Italie metro stop and visit Chinatown... but Paul had second thoughts, so for a little while we played the "I dunno what do you wannna do"? game. Eventually, we hit the Metro and ended up in St. Germain des Pres. Everyone has their own part of the city that they like (why people like the Marais, I'll never know...) , and for us, it's this discrete part of town full of unusual boutiques, (more) galleries, and some very fine architecture. The Hotel Matignon (click here for more info), home of the Prime Minister of France is here, along with other mansions of equal standing and quality.

So we spent the day window shopping and walking around. We stopped into Vesuvio's for a pizza lunch and spent countless time people watching (there are some real characters here, I can tell you). It is interesting to note that we have been coming here long enough that we now say "remember when such -and-such a place was on that corner..."! After moving from the Bon Marche over the the Rue Cherche Midi, we came across a lovely and huge outdoor market selling all sorts of things, so we decided on a roast chicken, potato and lentil supper. We bought all the ingredients at the market and took them home to make up.

Turns out that was a good thing, because the TV is on the fritz (why? we didn't do anything except turn it off & on and change the chanels!). Not that we come to France to watch TV, but it does help pass the time in the late evenings.. Anyway, so we have of course been attempting to get in touch with the rental agency, but its' Friday afternoon and they are French....

So, as I say, it remained overcast today, which is a big disappointment to me, as I've been itching to use my new camera more while I'm here. The meteo says its going to stay that way all week end long :-(..., It reamins exceptionally mild, though, at about 22C!

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