Frontier in Paris

Our hot water went out totally yesterday and the part to fix it won't come in until tomorrow.  Who says you can't have a bath with water heated on the stove?  Or have your hubby pour rinse water for your shampoo ladies?

Uh, we thought this pilgrimage thing was over...??

Sunday Bird Market

On Sundays there is a bird market in Paris on the Isle de la Cite near Notre Dame.  We went last week and, aside from the neat varieties of birds, we were most impressed by the huge sacks of various bird seeds and bird food.  Paris... a great place to be a bird...

Wednesday afternoon in the sun

After school Wednesday we walked down the Left Bank of the Seine just enjoying the sunshine.  Got these pix of a portable greenhouse that provides a bit of sylvan tranquility amid the bustle of the quai and the shot of Trish with the Grand Palais and Pont Alexander III in the background.

Paris at Dawn

Had to put friends on train early yesterday and got this pix from Pont Neuf looking towards the east.  

Weekend at the Beach

While Catherine was visiting in early September, we took a road trip to the Brittany seashore at La Boule, on the Bay pf Biscay.  Had a lovely sunny weekend at the end of the tourist season.  Pix is courtesy of Kat...

Night at the Moulin Rouge

Went to the always-spectacular floor show at the Moulin Rouge in the Pigalle district of Paris last night.  As you can probably tell from the pix, the champagne was flowing...

Pix credit to Vielka!

Le autre tour

The other tower ( for those of you who don't parle the Francaise!!) is the Tower Monparnasse which is near our school. Pix are from the 59th floor observation deck and it truly does give a whole new viewpoint on Paris.  The Eiffel Tower and Sacre Cour in the background of the two pix respectively.