A Warm, Sunshiney Bon Voyage

For our last 3 days in Paris we were treated with Indian Summer-like conditions. Warm sunshine, very light breezes and super-comfortable temperatures. We were finally able to put away our jackets and scarves! Helpful in getting us ready to return to New Orleans’ warmth. 🙂 On Sunday we started our day with delicious galettes at Crepe …

Musée d’Orsay

 What a lovely museum! It’s housed in an old train station so is huge, lofty and brightly lit by the opaque glass ceilings. It sits on the Seine and we saw it from our dinner cruise. There are several huge clocks on both the inside and the outside of the museum – and by huge …

To the Top of the Tour Eiffel!

Well, almost to the top. 😉 The tippy top was actually closed due to fog; at least that’s what we heard. But we made it to the 2nd level and that afforded wonderful views of the city. Although we suppose had we made it to the tippy top we might have been able to see …

Cars and Cows

Last Saturday we went to the Paris Auto Show. It was a seething mass of humanity which made actually *seeing* the cars rather difficult. But we pushed, waded and weaved our way to the cars we wanted to see and, for the most part, enjoyed ourselves. Lamborghini, McLaren, Jaguar, Jeep and a few crazy European …

7 Days Later

Wow – it’s been a while! We’ve been busy and today is the first day we’ve actually lounged at home with no specific plans for the day. The weather was fine last Friday so we decided to venture out and visit a new doggy store I saw advertised in a Paris magazine. It was a …

Monumental!

We enjoyed our croissants last Sunday but eventually hungered for more by late afternoon. So out we went to enjoy the sunshine and find some nourishment. How fun to come across a southern BBQ joint just a few blocks from our apartment! Great BBQ, and if we get a strong hankering for home we can …