We slept in a little and just hung around the apartment for the morning taking it easy. Most places are closed on Sundays in Paris and the streets empty of people. We had to go for a walk in the afternoon and took the Metro to Opera where we looked in the windows of Galerie LaFayette, and Le Printemps, major department store here. Then we walked toward the Champs-Elysees intending to see The Arc Of Triumph and look in the shops there but the weather turned very bad and so we headed home via The Metro. Since The Metro is all underground, you can avoid the bad weather except for the walk home from the local station. On the walk home, we happened upon a patisserie that was open and bought lunch in the form of baguettes and lemon tarts. Baguettes are a long crusty breadstick that is the favourite bread here. They are cheap (about .80 Euros or $A1.20) and delicious no matter what you put in them. After lunch, when the weather eventually cleared, we went out again. Dad forgot the map so we got a little lost but we did run into a vibrant tourist district where shops were open for mainly Italian and Spanish tourists.
Hello! I'll have the dress in the Le Printemps window, the one on the right! So have you learnt how to say "Can I please have that baguette, please?" in French? Or Italian? Or do you point while drooling? Even though you've had bad luck with the weather, it seems that a lemon tart will cheer any one up. All this talk of food is making me hungry...and I don't have a lovely French patisserie to go to...just a very hungry and noisy cat to go home to feed. Keep having fun, Lots of love Mum XXXXXXXXXX
ReplyDeleteMum, I just eat 'em, I don't talk to 'em! Also please ask Roger if he wants some French Whiskas.
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