Vee and I caught the train back to Paris then went to get the metro back home. Massive public transport system... Incredible! As we turned the corner to our station there was a backlog of people that curtailed the entry to the platform and the look on Vee's face said it all!!
Trouble in paradise!
An evacuation...and with that the biggest mob of estranged passengers doing the Memphis Tennessee shuffle. Hang on to your handbags! Couldn't even get out the hassleblad! We escaped and took a taxi across town that was crazy, zipping through traffic jams, pedestrians, bikes, trucks, sirens and all the hooting and tooting. We had a killer driver who gunned every opportunity. I put on my seat belt!
Aaaaaaaaah .....Home.
My Parisian abode, simply gorgeous!!
I am staying with Vee and her family in the absolute heart of Paris. LOVE - ly!!
Paris seems to be one gigantic heart though there is a real pulse to this area. We are literally 10 or max 15 minutes walk to the River Seine, Louvre, Notre Dame, Champs-Élysées, The real vibe is directly outside the front door and down the street. Culturally diverse and within minutes you are somewhere unique! Food always, bars, cheese shops, bakeries, chocolatiers, millions of restaurants, Italian, Lebanese, Turkish, African (I cannot list the countries of the world here) and the meanest hamburger joint ever. Everywhere temptations... I could eat all day long and sometimes I do!
One of the streets that pan from where I am staying
Went to The Centre Pompidou and mmm mmmmmmmm, spent hours in there. So totally exhilarating seeing works by Man Ray, Matisse, Picabia, Picasso, Rothko, Calder... another list that could go forever. There was some amazing video installations that spoke about history of humans, art and design, emotion, anguish, pain and suffering. Amazing, Totally charged!! Everything is so excellent it makes me well up!!
Une Histore
true got to pinch myself......brusssssssssss
From the permanent collection of greats!
did I mention bakeries??
Nglah gamin...... Prostitutes... Another street that pans from where I am staying.
Daily home cooking......Vee is a legend at this....I want to be like her when I grow up!
whips up a storm in the kitchen with ease!!
Culinary delights!!