We decided that we would move immediately into Paris time when boarding Eurostar... which mean that it was past 6 o'clock and we could open the champagne! A 'Mothers Day' gift from my parents, this seemed the perfect occasion.
We had booked a studio apartment but due to its rather eccentric rules we had to pick up our keys from a metro station. We were informed-
" Go to the platform on line 6, heading towards Charles de Gaulle, there a man will meet you at 20.00 hours. He will be holding a beige envelope. Hand over the 25 euros and he will give you your keys"
It felt as if we were taking part in a low budget spy film but to my great relief everything went like clockwork!
We were expecting the studio to be small but everything in the building was crammed into the smallest possible space! The lift was minute but our apartment being 6 floors up, we took our life and our luggage into our hands ...
and arrived... it was tiny but just so French!
We both know Paris well, so this was to be a working holiday. Next morning we headed to Antique Lover's heaven-
One look at the prices however sent us scurrying outside to places more suited to our meagre pockets!
Here we had some great finds-
Stopping only for some light refreshment-
Truthfully, we spent rather a lot of our time 'refreshing' ourselves.
This was breakfast...
This a light lunch...
It's probably a good thing that there are no photographic records of our sumptuous suppers!
We did walk however, if fact I think we walked the length and breadth of Paris-
Our shoes had to be rested outside at night...
Oh, but we DID enjoy ourselves, I'm so lucky to have such a lovely daughter!
With love and thanks to Emily for her company and her photographs.
