My previous trips to Paris have been when I was:
(relatively) poor, as a backpacker in 1996; or
somewhat encumbered (delightfully) by child/ren and husband/ tour-leader in 2005 and, of course, a few weeks ago.
Two days in Paris with just my gorgeous sister Kate offered
me a chance to experience a different Paris!
Sightseeing
Both of us having been lucky enough to have seen the major
sights before, this time we had very compatible agendas: setting out from our tiny apartment in its 600 year-old building in the Marais, our days were planned
around finding the best coffee and the most delicious gateaux, interspersed
with looking at beautiful things, with incidental glimpses of the Eiffel Tour,
the Louvre and Sacre Coeur along the way.
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| Our apartment building |
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| Cakes at Galeries Lafayette |
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| Little girls' fashion at Galeries Lafayette |
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| Loustic |
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| View from the Pompidou Centre - hundreds of teenagers were queued around the block for hours, apparently to get into the library...? |
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| Rythme by Sonia Delaunay at the Pompidou |
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| Perfect chocolates |
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| Beautiful butter |
LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!! I assume the picture of green cakes & little girl clothes are pour moi, and the Sonia Delaunay for Mama. This is the trip to Paris everyone dreams of! x
ReplyDeleteWell not everyone Gervy, hence my return visit with Katie!! Yes, knoew you would love the little green outfit, and of course was thinking of Mum when looking at the Delaunays.
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