Un jour de pluie à Paris

Even beautiful girls cry from time to time....

We awoke to grey, rainy weather today and it has persisted all day.

We got a phone call at 7pm from ADP (Aeroports de Paris), on behalf of Air France, telling us that they were in possession of Paul's luggage and it would be delivered between 10am and 2pm. Just in the middle of the day - enough to sort of ruin a day of fun. I sent Paul out to do some grocery shopping (no sense in both of us hanging around the apartment) and at 10:45, the luggage was delivered safe and sound and complete to the apartment. Despite this set back, we are still fans of the airline!

We headed off to both BHV (Boulevard Haussman Vents) and Galleries LaFayette for a bit of retail therapy. Like all Paris institutions, they thought it was cool today (20C!), and had way excessive heat turned up - to the point where it was uncomfortable to be in there! I don't understand Europeans - or at least the French. They always complain about the high cost of energy, yet they have electric trains and turn the thermostat up into the uncomfortable range.

Anyway, we saw some great clothes and gloves and stuff, but we unfortunately didn't make a purchase... It really was THAT hot in those stores (think sauna) that you just didn't really want to be in there.

We picked up some spring rolls (Nem's, en Francais) for lunch in the food court of Galleries LaFayette and warmed them up here at the apartment for lunch, washed down with copious amounts of champagne. Actually, we've all ready gone through an entire bottle (I'm beginning to wonder if we have a problem there, but I'll put it out of my mind for now....)

Canada Goose Clothing - the HOTTEST trend in outerwear in Paris this year!

View of one of the courtyards from our living room window

The world's narrowest elevator. We can not face forward in it - our shoulders are too wide, we have to stand sideways!

Grey skies over the Paris Opera House!

Le Diner Presque Parfait (the almost perfect dinner) is on TV right now (It's just like "Come Dine With Me Canada), So we're going to watch that, and eventually walk over to Simla Hill, a FABULOUS Indian restaurant here, on Rue Balzac, for our supper. That tradition is usually topped of with a night-time stroll along the Champs de Elysee (weather depending).

More from this beautiful place tomorrow!!!!