February 18, 2013

Paris Day 1


First meal in Charles de Gaulle airport

My stash of Clif bars and chamomile/lavender tea

Advertising Les Miserables in Paris! (Wait a minute...)

Studio apartment

Opposite view

Shakespeare and Company English bookstore

Gu! My favorite London desserts rediscovered

Highlights:

  • Navigating without incident from my home to the teensy apartment in the 2nd arrondisement
  • Being continuously regarded with polite, mild surprise at the revelation that I ... wait for it ... don't speak French
  • Ensconcing myself upstairs in the library level of Shakespeare and Company and reading a first edition 1932 British mystery while listening to another customer play the piano
  • Watching the lights flicker on the Seine at night
  • Rediscovering my favorite dessert from London--the decadent Gu cheesecakes and puddings

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