BACK in PARIS for the summertime! Tres Chaud, but lots of fun for all!
After 24 hours of traveling, via Canada Air this time, I am back in Paris. The last month was spent with Family and Friends in the beautiful, but some days way too hot, FLORIDA - my home before Paris.
But now I'm back and already hitting the streets for all that Paris has to offer for summer fun, and there is lots of fun for all. I took the obligatory walk thru the neighborhood .. starting with the all the beautiful brides gathered in front of the Tour Eiffel for their pictures with their families, sharing the Champ de Mars with all the energetic children enjoying the beautiful warm day, up and down the rue St. Dominique, excited to see that the SOLDES are still going on (!), smelling my favorite Moisson Bread at the boulangerie on rue Grenelle, passing by L'Epicerie Fine for their inspiring vitrines to see what I should buy for the next time we entertain and, of course, including a stroll down rue Cler, our famous market street, I felt like I was home again.
OHhh, what a feeling!
Come and Partager the feeling with me sometime soon!
Tomorrow is the fresh market on Blvd. Grenelle to gather my evening meal...why don't you come along?
PPXX
The corner where Mr. T and I sit, usually on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon, is a very special corner. You can sit here for as long as you want ... no one tries to shoo you away ... we have chosen our places carefully and they are ours until we are good and ready to go. The bill doesn't come our way until we finally catch the server's eye and wave the universal sign for "l'addition, s'il vous plait."
We have been sitting at this café for over 10 years now. They know us; we know them. It has changed over the years, but so have we .... (just a little). Although it did take us awhile to get used to the new chairs, hours of trying them out helped us to learn to love them, too. The café faces one of the famous buildings in Paris, L'Ecole Militaire, where Napoleon received his military training. The corner map for the quartier lives here too. We have watched "the world" come here to find La Tour Eiffel, only to walk in the wrong direction. Remember when you are using these very helpful neighborhood maps, usually located right next to the metro stops, that they all face north, remember that and then you will easily find La Grande Dame!
Tomorrow I will be leaving for my bi-annual trip to the states, so my posts may be a bit par hasard but I will try to post from sunny Florida when I can. Mr. T will have to visit the café alone (c'est dommage) ... but I'll be back before he knows it! ... So, when you are near the corner café, take a look around for us. We'll partager un verre! And, in the meantime ...
Bon Vacance!
