Day 22 Company in Paris

A sunny Sunday walk in Paris is very hard to beat, but a moonlit Monday night stroll along the Seine is every bit as good.

We spent the day with Tim and Hannah, our son and daughter-in-law, who caught the Eurostar from London (budget tickets at $48 each), which was a special family treat.   More walking and eating were the order of the day.

As they went off to have dinner with friends we again embarked on a rather ambitious walk home, the highlights of which were the lights of Paris, matched only by a clear and almost full moon in the night sky. Paris is just as perfect at night as the lighting on the buildings, bridges and river is so very French… tasteful, elegant and beautiful. And what is more amazing is that it was 14 degrees!

The day ended with what we thought would be a lovely bowl of soup for dinner in our apartment, which we had bought from an amazing food hall in The Bon Marche (department store). Judging by the colour we thought it was pumpkin soup, but the taste and later a Google search of the name on the label revealed that we had been eating gourd soup. A little dusty tasting but …c'est la vie.