It's cold here! We arrived in shorts and singlets and quickly dug out the puffer jackets to combat the cold. Little did we know it was only going to get worse. The weather here is like winter and I believe it's lovely at home. However, we are in Paris! So push complaints about weather aside and just get on with it. We settled into our apartment with great joy. A space to spread our stuff out and just leave it there for 5 days. Terry and I wandered down the street 2 mins and fell upon a Parisian market. Oh, the joy! We delighted in buying olives, blue cheese, gruyere, camembert, bread, wine, eggs, nuts, vegetables, and some things we did not have a clue about but wanted to taste. It was such fun and slightly daunting trying to communicate and it did take some observation before we worked out how it all worked. Lunch was delicious.
Next visit we decided to walk to Notre Dame and back, wandering along the Ile de la Cite, the historic centre of Paris with elegant 17th-century mansions, according to the guidebook. It was charming and we popped into a brightly lit sweetie shop and in and out of a variety of other funky shops. Notre Dame did not disappoint. There was a mass while we were there and the singing was eerie and filled the space. So old and so beautiful and not bad looking for 850! On the way home, we found the padlock bridge which was quite romantic. Hundreds of padlocks attached to the wire with the names of loved ones and sweethearts. Oh, how Parisian. It was hard not to keep taking photos because everything is a picture. the fence, the building, the lamps, the cobbles, the street scenes.
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