Today we walked to one of the loveliest art galleries in Paris, Musee d’Orsay. It is housed in an old train station which was due to be torn down. I am so glad that people rallied to save it. We spent most of our time on the 5th floor, which is given over to the […]
It hasn’t really stopped raining, I think we’re just getting used to it and we have been able to walk around Paris a whole lot, without getting too wet, so I’m not complaining. I just find people’s perspectives on the weather amusing. My son quite enjoys it. He finds that it adds to the atmosphere
The weather forecast for today was SUN!!! So we went to Monet’s garden at Giverny. It was awesome. Here is what we saw. This is a view of a small part of the garden from the house. Another part of the garden shot closer to the ground. The small trees are rose trees, which were
Window shopping, that is. We took the Metro to the Arc de Triomphe and walked down one side of the Champs Elysees and then up the other side. We did stop for drinks at a very nice cafe, Napoleone, with tables, on the sidewalk. I ordered a cappuccino, which was a mere $14.00 CAD for
For all those who saw the movie, here are some night pictures of Paris. They weren’t taken at midnight, however, they were taken after a rain shower and they do show the magic of the city of lights. Taken from the restaurant We’ve managed to eat out every night, given that the cooking facilities at
Today, after going to a small market in the morning, we decided to head to the Louvre in the afternoon. Fortunately, it had stopped raining long enough to walk to the museum and back. I love the lattice work of small streets lined with shops, restaurants and hordes of people, who are not all tourists!!
Arrived in Paris!!! Yea!! Our flight from TO was fortunately uneventful and very quick – just 7 hours. We left Pearson at 5:30pm and arrived in Paris at 6:30am. For night-hawks the “day/night” had just begun!! Good bye, TO We had time to kill before meeting Francois, who would give us the keys to our
Last night at dinner I was talking about the list of songs I posted in yesterday’s blog. My husband remembered “Last Train to Clarksville,” because it was a song The Monkees made famous. What ensued was an interesting discussion of manufactured groups in the music industry and groups that came together on their own, such
Caro Field posted to my FB wall this list from Potomac Secret Agent. I couldn’t resist it!! You have to be familiar with the lyrics of a few songs to appreciate the origin of this list. I remember most of them. I particularly like the song “Stairway to Heaven.” In fact, I planted Jacob’s Ladder
Translated it means YarnOver SleepOver 2014. The weekend just past, I was one of 10 organizers of a knitting retreat at the Fern Resort in Orillia, ON. Twenty seven knitters came to learn, laugh, love and laze. It was awesome!! Here are a few pictures – Above Mary Pat is teaching the purled German cast-on.
