"January... is the...
Loneliest... month...
Of... the year"...
Read the heading of the... "journal de jour"...
Our beautiful... elegant... Christmas tree...
Has been... dismantled...
The festive décor... banished down the "cave"...
The postman delivers envelopes... full of bills rather than... coveted glamorous Christmas gifts...
Neighbours... bickering...
Sons and daughter are off to their... "Lycée... université"...
"L'Été... Indien...
à... Paris"...
We've been experiencing... the rays of...
A... thousand sunshines...
Which have blessed us... with an Indian summer...
In mid... "presque"... winter...??
Therefore...
It had to be the... "terrasse" of the...
Café de Flore...
"Zut... alors"...
Saturday... morning...
Paris...
Is in a... foul mood...
Seriously... raining...
Cloudy... with gales blowing...
It's wet... wet... wet...
"Où vas-tu"?
On... a hot...
Sweltering day... à Paris...
We... discovered an...
Oasis... of Cool...
"Le Café Maure de la Mosquée de Paris"...
A north African café tearoom... which is located within "La Grandé Mosquée de Paris"...
"Le Cour du Commerce Saint-André"...
Is one of the oldest passageways... in Paris...
After a moment's... hesitation...
We entered into the... "passage"...
Suddenly we were transported... into the magical world of "le vieux Paris".
Le... News Café...
In... Saint-Germain-des-Prés...
"Sixième arrondissement... de Paris"...
Is...
"Juste... en face"...
Opposite...
The... luxuriously verdant...
Jardin du... Luxembourg...
A... little hole...
In... the wall...
It's... darling...
Kooka Boora... Café...
At the top corner of.... rue des Martyrs... in the "9eme arrondissement de Paris"...
Long moveable... wooden tables...
Blond wood... squarish chairs...
Stuffed... with pillows...
"Sur... la route...
Des... Quais"...
On... the road...
To... the quays...
What a day... it has been...
Venturing...
Discovering...
Exploring...
An old... friend...
From our... London days...
Was meeting us... at her local internet café close to where she works... in the 13th arrondissement... on the edge of Paris.
"Jocteur... Le Boulanger des Invalides"...
Two stations from...
"Les Invalides"... Napoleon's monument...
Bread & Roses...
"Chaque quartier...
de Paris...
est magique"...
Café Coutume...
A delightful...
Café...
In the 7th arrondissement...
Rue de Babylone...
Café Pouchkine...
Made me feel very...
Russian...
Dressed accordingly... I rushed to meet my "adored one" at the Russian pâtisserie...
We had a rendezvous at...
Café Pouchkine...
Chance meeting...
He's... tall...
Handsome... very...
Wearing... a black coat... with a stylish fur collar...
Clutching... a fur "chapka" hat in one hand...
A "moto" helmet... in another...
"Le Vrai Paris"..
Café / Restaurant...
It's cold and blustery...
"à Paris aujourd'hui"...
Getting off the Métro at Villiers, we stepped onto the doorstep of the "dix-septième arrondissement"...
The "quartier" was nearly deserted...
We live in the "seizième arrondissement" -
Our apartment is off Avenue Foch and very "proche" to the "Bois de Boulogne".
It's Posh...
It's Tosh...
It's very luxurious and stylish.
It's Monday Morning à Paris.
"Panic" is the word to describe our mood.
Spring is definitely around the corner, gently nudging away weeks of endless rain.
