Losing a friend... Paris: Approximately 7 February, my heart is shattered by a phone call from home. A friend calling to let me know that Tatum is now very, very ill. She wanted me to know that recovery is now unlikely, the doctors were predicting the end will be very, very soon. She advised we … Continue reading And some days your heart breaks…
CHLOE COMES TO STAY My dear niece Chloë came to visit from South Africa and we had so much fun showing her around Paris. She arrived a beautiful sunny winter’s day. We took her on a orientation walk down the Mouffetard up to the Pantheon to Galleries Laffayette, where she broke my heart by being very … Continue reading Parisian Memories with Chloë
WEEKEND IN BORDEAUX We visited the cousins in Bordeaux. Bordeaux is a truly magnificent City, so improved since our last visit there just over 10 years ago. We didn’t have enough time there. We managed to find time to marvel at the Cities beauty, St Peter towering over the City from the cathedral steeple, … Continue reading Parisian Memories:
In the interests of keeping you all updated on how fabulous our life and Paris is – here is a little bit of what we have been up to since I last wrote – which was THREE weeks ago! We went to the Alps: Tim went Snowboarding –He was cruelly reminded that he is no longer 25… … Continue reading FOOD AND FRIENDS
20 happy years. Paris, the City of Love, a fitting place to celebrate. We had the privilege of celebrating 10 years here and so it was easy to make the decision to return on our 20th– God willing and finance allowing we hope to spend our 30th, 40th, 50th and 60th here too. Tracing our … Continue reading Jules Verne and The Crazy Horse
More Paris If Paris were a present, it would be one of Granny Mare’s famous ‘pass the parcel’ ones, where each layer reveals a new gift. There is the thrill as you admire the revealed treasure followed by the anticipation of what is still to be revealed. If Paris were ‘pass the parcel’, I would … Continue reading More Paris
My dear friend Fimke left me a long WhatsApp message. She misses us, I love that – we miss you too, we are missing our friends and wish you were with us sharing our experiences. Fimke had lots of questions: Is the Apartment nice and warm? When we first arrived it was freezing, we let … Continue reading Top 13: Paris
I love Paris in the Winter…. Today we enjoyed a lovely lunch, away from the madding crowd at Petit Palais, followed by a fabulous meander through the museum, but it was not the art, but the building itself that captured us. Beautiful mosaic floors, vast domed ceilings decorated with fresco paintings. It is as if … Continue reading Petit Palais
So far it is as if all Parisians speak English, or certainly English that is better than our French. There has been no rudeness or unpleasantness. Everybody has been lovely and accommodating. We are almost afraid to try our poor French but boldly say ‘Bonjour’ on arrival and ‘Merci, Au Revoir’, on departure. It is … Continue reading Galleries Lafayette
My neighbor asked me how I managed to ‘arrange’ two months in Paris – I told her I was celebrating 20 happy years of marriage – and, I add solemnly ‘I got cancer’. We laughed and she gave me a high five, after all I have overcome and am cancer free! Yasssss. I am the … Continue reading First 3 days in Paris
MY LUMP IN THE ROAD 